Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This collapsible cut and folded paper model has a framework that holds two opposite rings. Eash of the rings holds five isosceles triangles folded in half. Combined with part of the framework, the pieces form a double cone.
A pencil mark reads: 569. Another makr in pencil reads: Jan 7, 1916.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Louise D. Campbell
date made
1916 01 07
ID Number
1979.0102.355
catalog number
1979.0102.355
accession number
1979.0102
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 6 cm x 7.6 cm x 5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 3 in x 1 31/32 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1139616