Object Details
teacher of maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This collapsible paper model has segments folded to form the outline of two intersecting spheres. It is in the general form of a set of models patented by A. Harry Wheeler, and was signed by Emile Jandron, one of his students. The date marked on it is: JAN 5, 1916. It also is marked: PROP. VII. The model has Wheeler's number 571.
Wheeler made several models of this type before and after Jandron.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
1916 01 05
ID Number
MA.304723.349
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.349
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 7 cm x 6 cm x 6 cm; 2 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1068999