Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This clear plastic model shows a regular octahedron bisected by a plane. The two resulting irregular octahedra both have four equilateral triangles, three quadrilaterals, and a regular hexagon as sides. One has a mark that reads: 141. One has fragment of a tag that reads: 1. It also has a mark that reads: 406.
Compare MA.304723.133.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
ID Number
MA.304723.126
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.126
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
green, transparent (overall color)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 9.5 cm x 7.3 cm x 7.3 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Dissected Polyhedra
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1065767