Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This paper model of a dissected cube has eight identical hinged outside pieces that are eight-sided. On the inside is a stellated rhombic dodecahedron. The outer pieces can be rearranged to form a second stellated rhombic dodecahedron.
This is Wheeler's model 782. It is in an extremely fragile paper box.
Compare MA.304723.315.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
1933 04 16
ID Number
MA.304723.315
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.315
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 11 cm x 11 cm x 11.3 cm; 4 11/32 in x 4 11/32 in x 4 7/16 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_1068633