Geometric Model by E. Summerscales, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Tetrahedron in Skeleton of a Square Prism

Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Tetrahedron in Frame

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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Tetrahedron in Frame
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Tetrahedron in Frame
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Tetrahedron in Frame

Object Details

teacher of maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

maker

Summerscales, Edith May

Description

This cut and folded paper model shows has an Irregular tetrahedron, inscribed in the skeleton of t square prism. A mark on ine of the edges of the prism reads: E. Summerscales. Edith May Summerscales, who graduated from Pembroke College in 1925 and studied with Wheeler there, made several models that Wheeler kept.. See MA.304723.217, MA.304723.515, 1979.0102.221, and 1979.0102.234.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

date made

ca 1925

ID Number

MA.304723.515

accession number

304723

catalog number

304723.515

Object Name

Geometric Model

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

tan (overall color)

cut, folded and glued (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

average spatial: 5.1 cm x 2.8 cm x 2.8 cm; 2 in x 1 3/32 in x 1 3/32 in

place made

United States: Rhode Island, Providence

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Science & Mathematics

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1d9d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1071535