Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
The four pieces of this hinged dissection can be arrnaged to form a hexagon or a triangle. Decorative plastic pieces make it possible to show a red rectangle inscribed in the hexagon or a green rectangle inscribed in the triangle.
Compare to 304723.789. This is Wheeler's model 4HH.
In Wheeler's list of "Regular Hexagons" this is denoted as 4HH. See 1979.3002.43, folder 2. A drawing is in 1979.3002.55 (folder1), although it is not marked 4HH and the inscribed rectangle is not shown. A second drawing in this folder is denoted 4HH and dated April 21, 1933.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1933
ID Number
MA.304723.794
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.794
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)
black (overall color)
cut, glued and hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.4 cm x 10.2 cm x 9.1 cm; 9/16 in x 4 1/32 in x 3 19/32 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
associated place
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_1075263