Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Portion of a Plane Dissection

Quadrilateral with circular arc, may be part of a plane dissection.

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Object Details

maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

Description

This portion of a dissection has a quadrilateral base. A portion of a circle is covered with light purple plastic, the remaining area is covered in black plastic.

This appears to be one piece of Wheeler's model 4QB, Circumscribed Quadrilateral (but not Inscriptible) Transformable into an Inscribed Quadrilateral (but not Circumscriptible) - a drawing for this model is in 1979.3002.43, folder 1. However, the piece does not seem to correspond precisely to the drawing. The drawing is dated April 10, 1932.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

date made

ca 1932

ID Number

MA.304723.757

accession number

304723

catalog number

304723.757

Object Name

geometric model

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

wood (overall material)

purple (overall color)

brown (overall color)

black (overall color)

cut and glued. (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

average spatial: 1 cm x 19.8 cm x 14 cm; 13/32 in x 7 25/32 in x 5 1/2 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/ng49ca746a9-2bbf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1074269