Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Cuboctahedron (Portion of a Dissected Polyhedron)

Filler for Dissected Polyhedron by A. H. Wheeler - Cuboctahedron

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

Description

This model of a cuboctahedron is intended as a filler for model MA.304723.299. It has Wheeler's number 779.

The model has six square faces that are on facial planes of a cube and eight triangular faces that are on facial planes of an octahedron.

Reference:

Magns J. Wenninger, Polyhedron Models, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1974, p. 25.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

date made

1931 04 19

ID Number

MA.304723.302

accession number

304723

catalog number

304723.302

Object Name

Geometric Model

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

tan (overall color)

cut and folded (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

average spatial: 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Worcester

See more items in

Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Dissected Polyhedra

Science & Mathematics

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1f37-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1067590