Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This tan paper model is a dissection of a cube into ten pieces. The pieces are hinged in groups of five ( two rectangualr pyramids, a square pyramid and two more rectangular pyramids), bissecting the cube. These pieces can be rearranged to form a rhombic dodecahedron missing a cube at the center. The missing cube is MA.304723.309. The model fits in a folded paper box in the shape of a cube.
Hence, MA.304723.295 and MA.304723.309 togther are a dissection of two equal cubes into eleven pieces that can be rearranged as a rhombic dodecahedron.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
1930 04 01
ID Number
MA.304723.295
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.295
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 8.3 cm x 8 cm x 8.3 cm; 3 9/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 9/32 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_1067491