Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Isoceles Triangle Transformable into Rectangle, Plane Dissection

Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles, one quadrilateral, and one pentagon, which can be arranged as a rectangle or a triangle.

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Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles, one quadrilateral, and one pentagon, which can be arranged as a rectangle or a triangle.
Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles, one quadrilateral, and one pentagon, which can be arranged as a rectangle or a triangle.

Object Details

maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

Description

This hinged dissection has four pieces that may be arranged as a rectangle or a triangle.

This is model 4P among the triangles in Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons. A drawing dated January 9, 1932 , is in 1979.3002.55, folder 2.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

date made

ca 1932

ID Number

MA.304723.782

accession number

304723

catalog number

304723.782

Object Name

geometric model

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

purple (overall color)

hinged (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

average spatial: 1.5 cm x 15.2 cm x 10.8 cm; 19/32 in x 5 31/32 in x 4 1/4 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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-196c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1074397