Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This is Wheeler's model 4Q. It shows an inscribed quadrilateral in four pieces. Each piece is a section of a circle. It is divided into segments of two colors of plastic, so that there is a yellow triangle with a vertex at the center of the circle and a lune in another color. The model is shown in drawing in 1979.3002.55, folder 1, and dated April 9, 1932 . The four parts can be permuted six ways to form six different inscribed quadrilaterals all inscriptible in the same circle.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.759
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.759
Object Name
geometric model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
red (overall color)
black (overall color)
brown (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
green (overall color)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.1 cm x 21.6 cm x 21.6 cm; 7/16 in x 8 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1074273