Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This is a wooden dissected polyhedron of seven pieces that may be arranged as a 1 x 1 x 2 block or as a cube.The pieces are in a green celluloid box. They are marked with the Roman numerals from I to VII. W. F. Cheney, Jr., of Connecticut State College posed this dissection as a problem in The American Mathematical Monthly in 1932.
Reference:
A. H. Wheeler, "Problem E4," The American Mathematical Monthly, 42 #8 (October, 1935), pp. 509-510.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1935
ID Number
MA.304723.711
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.711
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
tan (overall color)
green (overall color)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 2.9 cm x 5.4 cm x 3 cm; 1 5/32 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 3/16 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Dissected Polyhedra
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1073519