Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This hinged model has two wooden triangular pieces, both with a green plastic top.
The four triangular pieces of two models denoted by MA.304723.755 and MA.304723.760 may be arranged to form a parallelogram (in two ways) and a triangle (in two ways), constituting a partially hinged dissection.
Objects MA.304723.755, MA.304723.760, and MA.304723.804 form model 6TQ (angle bisectors of a triangle). A drawing for this model, dated April 23, 1932, is in 1979.3002.55, folder 2. Another related drawing in the same folder is dated April 3, 1932.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.755
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.755
Object Name
geometric model
Other Terms
Dissection
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
green (overall color)
hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.2 cm x 12 cm x 9.7 cm; 15/32 in x 4 23/32 in x 3 13/16 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_1073892