Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron

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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron
Geometric Models by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedra
Geometric Models by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedra
Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, One-Sided Polyhedron

Object Details

maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

Description

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, A. Harry Wheeler took great interest in polyhedra with interpenetrating sides, such as had been discussed by the German mathematician August F. Moebius. In this example, each of the two like-colored quadrilaterals (e.g. the two yellow sides) on the top pass through the model and appear as a white quadrilateral on the bottom. These three figures thus contribute only one side to the polygon.

A mark on the model reads: 695. This was Wheeler’s number for the model. Models MA.304723.413, MA.304723.397, and MA.304723.398 fit together. Model MA.304723.409 is a compound of four models like MA.304723.413.

Reference:

Kurt Reinhardt, “Zu Moebius’ Polyhedertheorie,” Berichte über die Verhandlungen der Königlich Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. Mathematisch-Physische Classe, 37, pp. 106-125. Wheeler referred to this article.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

date made

ca 1940

ID Number

MA.304723.413

accession number

304723

catalog number

304723.413

Object Name

Geometric Model

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

white (overall color)

blue (overall color)

red (overall color)

yellow (overall color)

cut and glued (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

overall: 4 cm x 18.5 cm x 16 cm; 1 9/16 in x 7 9/32 in x 6 5/16 in

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Worcester

Related Publication

Wheeler, A.H.. List of Wheeler Models

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-2fc2-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1069221