Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Cube

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Berman, Martin
Description
On one of the octagonal faces of a truncated cube are five squares and four equilateral triangles. The faces of the model thus are five regular octagons, five squares, and twelve equilateral triangles.
On Berman's models of regular-faced convex polyhedra, see 1978.1065.01.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Martin Berman
1970
ID Number
1978.1065.086
accession number
1978.1065
catalog number
1978.1065.086
Object Name
geometric model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 12.8 cm x 12.6 cm x 16.5 cm; 5 1/32 in x 4 31/32 in x 6 1/2 in
place made
United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Berman Models
Science & Mathematics
National Museum of American History
Subject
Regular-Faced Convex Polyhedra
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_690429
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-228d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Cube
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