Object Details
patentee
Wheeler, Albert Harry
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This tan cut and folded paper model consists of two ellipses, arranged perpendicularly, and three parallel elliptical rings perpendicular to both of these. It is collapsible. A paper tag reads: 355. Another mark reads: Model for Fig. 6. A third mark reads: Albert Harry Wheeler (/) 8 Shawmut St (/) Worcester, Mass Mathematical Model (/) or the Like (/) Filed Sept 3, 1914 (/) Serial No 860,041.
On September 3, 1914, Wheeler applied for a UlS. patent for several forms of collapsible mathematical models. This object is the basis for Figure 6 in Wheeler's paent application and in the patent he was granted in 1916.
Reference:
Albert Harry Wheeler, "Mathematical Model," U.S. Patent 1,192,483, July 25, 1916.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
1914
ID Number
MA.304723.200
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.200
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
white (overall color)
cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 5.5 cm x 11 cm x 7 cm; 2 5/32 in x 4 11/32 in x 2 3/4 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_1066716