Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Pentagonal Dodecahedron
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Object Details
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- Description
- This cut, folded, and glued tan paper model has twelve small isosceles triangles (in groups of three) and twenty-four larger isosceles triangles (in groups of six). A mark on the object reads: Pentagonal (/) Dodecahedron (/) Nov. 24, 1935 (/) Model P.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- 1935 11 24
- associated dates
- 1935 11 24 / 1935 11 24
- ID Number
- MA.304723.020
- accession number
- 304723
- catalog number
- 304723.020
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tan (overall color)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 6.5 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 2 9/16 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- associated place
- United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_1064544
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-161b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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