Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Equilateral Triangle Inside Out, Plane Dissection

Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles and two quadrilaterals which can be arranged as two different triangles.

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Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles and two quadrilaterals which can be arranged as two different triangles.
Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles and two quadrilaterals which can be arranged as two different triangles.

Object Details

maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

Description

The four pieces of this hinged model are colorful plastic on one side and have wooden bases. The pieces may be arranged as an equilateral triange in two ways.

This appears to be model 4TH (Equilateral Triangle Inside Out) in Wheeler's list of decompositions of triangles.

There is a drawing for this model, dated April 16, 1932, in 1979.3002.55, folder 2

Compare MA.304723.812.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

date made

ca 1932

ID Number

MA.304723.811

accession number

304723

catalog number

304723.811

Object Name

geometric model

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

yellow (overall color)

red (overall color)

green (overall color)

hinged (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

average spatial: 1.7 cm x 20.5 cm x 17.8 cm; 21/32 in x 8 1/16 in x 7 in

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Worcester

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Science & Mathematics

Plane Dissections

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-27d8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1075778