Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
The three pieces of this hinged dissection are all divided in half, with half red and half black. They may be arranged to form a regular hexagon with an inscribed black equilateral triangle or a regular hexagon with an inscribed red equilateral triangle.
This is Wheeler's model 3HA. A drawing (indicating two colors) dated March 23, 1932 is in 1979.3002.55 (folder 1). The model name is not indicated there.
On his list of dissections, under regular dissections, Wheeler calls this "Hexagon Inside Out," and denotes it by 3HA See 1979.3002.43 (folder 2).
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1932
c. 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.788
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.788
Object Name
geometric model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
red (overall color)
brown (overall color)
black (overall color)
cut, glued and hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.4 cm x 15.5 cm x 18.3 cm; 9/16 in x 6 3/32 in x 7 7/32 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Plane Dissections
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1075130