Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
The three pieces of this hinged dissection can be arranged to form an equilateral triangle or a into a hexagon with a hole in the shape of an equilateral triangle.
With a second model of an equilateral triangle, this is Wheeler's model 4HI, a hexagon transformable into two equilateral triangles or a rhombus. This is in Wheeler's list of dissections, 1979.3002.43, folder 2. There is a drawing in 1979.3002.55 (folder 1), but the name is not designated on the drawing. There is a second drawing with the name designated in the same folder, dated April 21, 1931.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1931-33
ca 1931 -1933
ID Number
MA.304723.807
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.807
Object Name
geometric model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
black (overall color)
hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.5 cm x 9 cm x 8 cm; 19/32 in x 3 17/32 in x 3 5/32 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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1075435