Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Lunes on the Surface of a Sphere

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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Lunes on the Surface of a Sphere
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Lunes on the Surface of a Sphere
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Lunes on the Surface of a Sphere

Object Details

maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

Description

This cut and folded tan paper model is made of four discs folded in half and fitted into holes in a perpendicular smaller disc. Hence Wheeler represents a sphere divided into eight lunes. A mark on the model reads: Dec-14-1915. A tag on it reads: 316. The model is, to use Wheeler’s language, collapsible.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Louise D. Campbell

date made

1915 12 14

1915

ID Number

1979.0102.353

catalog number

1979.0102.353

accession number

1979.0102

Object Name

Geometric Model

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

tan (overall color)

cut and folded (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

average spatial: 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.5 cm; 2 5/32 in x 2 5/32 in x 2 5/32 in

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Worcester

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Trigonometry

Science & Mathematics

Spherical Trigonometry

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

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

Record ID

nmah_1139603