Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
The four pieces of this hinged dissection may be arranged as a regular hexagon in two ways. An inscribed rectangle in red goes to one in green. The wooden core of the pieces is covered with plastic on the top and on the bottom.
In his list of dissections, under "Regular Hexagons," Wheler describes this model as "Hexagon with a Hexagon Inside out" and denotes it as 4HG.
A drawing of model 4HG (without the inscribed rectangle) in 1979.3002.55, folder 1, is dated April 21, 1932.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.795
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.795
Object Name
geometric model
Other Terms
Dissection
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
green (overall color)
brown (overall color)
red (overall color)
gold (overall color)
cut, glued and hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.4 cm x 9 cm x 10.5 cm; 9/16 in x 3 17/32 in x 4 1/8 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_1075274