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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformable into Itself, Dissected Polyhedron

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Geometric Model, Dissected Polyhedron - Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformed into Itself
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  • Geometric Model, Dissected Polyhedron - Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformed into Itself
  • Geometric Model, Dissected Polyhedron - Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformed into Itself
  • Geometric Model, Dissected Polyhedron - Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformed into Itself
  • Geometric Model, Dissected Polyhedron - Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformed into Itself
  • Geometric Model, Dissected Polyhedron - Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformed into Itself
  • Geometric Model, Dissected Polyhedron - Rhombic Dodecahedron Transformed into Itself

    Object Details

    maker

    Wheeler, Albert Harry

    Description

    This hinged dissected polyhedron is a tan paper model of a rhombic dodecahedron that transforms into itself. It is made up of six octahedra.
    This is one of Wheeler's early models of a dissected polyhedron. It is number 768 on his list of polyhedra.
    Compare MA.304723.290 and MA.304723.303.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

    date made

    1930 02 05

    ID Number

    MA.304723.303

    accession number

    304723

    catalog number

    304723.303

    Object Name

    Geometric Model

    Physical Description

    paper (overall material)
    tan (overall color)
    cut and folded (overall production method/technique)

    Measurements

    average spatial: 13.8 cm x 11.2 cm x 15.5 cm; 5 7/16 in x 4 13/32 in x 6 3/32 in

    place made

    United States: Massachusetts, Worcester

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    Medicine and Science: Mathematics
    Dissected Polyhedra
    Science & Mathematics

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Mathematics

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-0ada-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1068553

    Discover More

    A tan bisected cube. The area where the cube is divided reveals alternating yellow and red, and green and red, patterns.

    Dissected Polyhedra Transformable into Other Polyhedra

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