Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Triangle Transformable into Triangle Transformable into Quadrilateral Transformable into Quadrilateral, Plane Dissection

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
The three pieces of this hinged dissection have white, black and red plastic tops attached to wooden bases. They may be arranged as a quadrilateral in two ways and as a triangle in two ways.
This is model 3J in Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons, listed with the triangles.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
ID Number
MA.304723.809
catalog number
304723.809
accession number
304723
Object Name
geometric model
Measurements
overall: 1.5 cm x 18.5 cm x 20 cm; 19/32 in x 7 9/32 in x 7 7/8 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Plane Dissections
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_1423278
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-8c15-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles and one quadrilateral which can be arranged as two quadrilaterals.
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