Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
These paper materials have drawings and patterns for models constructed by A. Harry Wheeler and his students. Included here are:
1. two sheets with drawings labeled: 146. One (which has two drawings) is also marked: Robert L. Curtis (/) August 1, 1938. On the back of these sheets are two drawings, one labeled: RICHARD HOLL 3-3.
2. sheet of drawings entitled (faintly): Regular Tetrahedron. . . . There also is a faint date: April 22, 1932.
3. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads; Rhombic Dodecahedron Convertible (/) into a Pentagonal Dodecahedron. Another mark reads: Feb 28, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made March 9, 1939.
4. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads; Cube dissected into a (/) Cuboctahedron. Another moark reads: Feb21-1939.
5. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Pair-a-Dice (/) New Standard Size (/) Allow for thickness (/) of Pyralin. Another mark reads: Model made April 9, 1939 (/) March 1 - 1939.
6. sheet with drawing for a geometric model, with pattern piece.. A mark reads: Rhombic Dodecahedra (/) II Species (/) (Space Fillers) (/) (Six Colors). Another mark reads: April 16, 1939 (/) Pyralin model (/) made April 16, 1939.
7. seven sheets with drawings for a geometric model. A mark on the first sheet reads: Cube Dissected into Two Congruent Cubes (/) Sheet 1. Another mark on the first sheet reads: March 13, 1939 (/) Pyralin modle (/) made. Other sheets are marked: Sheet 2, etc.
8. sheet with a drawing for a geometric model and a pattern piece. A mark on the sheet reads: Cube into a Regular Octahedron (/) and Conversely. Another mark reads: March 26, 1939. A celluloid pattern piece is clipped to the sheet
9. sheet with a drawing for a geometric model. A mark reads: No. 1. Another mark reads: March 10, 1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) Made March 18m 1939.
10. sheet with drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Regular Octahedron into a (/) Cube. Another mark reads: March 10, 1939.
11. sheet with drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Cube with Four Rhombic (/) Octahedra. Another mark reads: March 18, 1939.. On same page is a drawing labeled: Triangles for the (/) Foundation Stella Octungula.
12.four sheets of drawings from a geometric model. The first one is marked: Cube ABCD Separated into (/) Eight Cubes (/) Part of Cube - Rhombic Dodecahedron II Species (/) - Rhombic Dodechahedron I Species (/) - Two Cubes. Another mark on this page reads: Pyralin Model (/) made April 7, 1939.
13. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Rhombic Dodecahedron into a (/) Right Prism (/) (Double Cube). Another mark reads: April 29, 1939.
14, sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Oblique Parallelopiped Transformable into (/) a Right Prism. Another mark reads: April 26, 1939.
15. two sheets of drawings relating to a geometric model. A mark reads: Two Cubes Dissected fo form (/) a Rhombic Dodecahedron. Another mark reads: April
16. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: No. 1. Another mark reads: Cube with Four Removable (/) Octahedra. Another mark reads: March 12, 1938.
17. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Cube Dissected into a Cuboctahedron (/) and an Octahedron. Another mark reads: May 14, 1939. Another mark reads: Pyralin Model (/) made May 16, 1939
18. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Octahedron Dissected (/) into a Tetrakaidekahedron. Another mark reads: Feb 21-1939 (/) Pyralin Model (/) made Feb 22, 1939.
19. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Regular Tetrahedron (/) Dissected into (/) Four Regular Octahedra and (/) Eleven Regular Tetrahedra. Another mark reads: Feb 28,1939 (/) Pyralin model (/) made Feb 27, 1939
20. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Regular Octahderon (/) Dissected showing (/) Hexagonal Sections. Another mark reads: Feb 21, 1939 (/) Pyralin (/) Model made.
21. sheet of drawings for a geometric model. A mark reads: Rhombic Dodecahedron (/0 Dissected (/) White and Blue. Another mark reads: Feb 25, 1939 (/) Model made (/) Feb 28. 1939 (/) New Standard Size.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Louise D. Campbell
date made
1932-1939
ID Number
1979.3002.042
nonaccession number
1979.3002
catalog number
1979.3002.042
Object Name
Sheets, Group of
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
plastic (overall material)
tan (overall color)
green (overall color)
Measurements
average spatial: .5 cm x 24 cm x 32 cm; 3/16 in x 9 7/16 in x 12 19/32 in
associated place
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Dissected Polyhedra
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1146318