Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
Three planes that meet at the center of a sphere form what is called a trihedral (three-sided) angle. Each plane intersects the sphere in a great circle. Segments of these three circles form a spherical triangle on the sphere. In this cut and folded tan paper model, Wheeler labels the vertices of this triangle ABC. Consider a point (not named by Wheeler – call it X) inside the bounds of the trihedral angle and drop perpendiculars to the three sides of the trihedral angle through it. Wheeler calls the points of intersection D, E, and F. The trihedral angle centered at X is the supplement of the original trihedral angle.
Reference:
D. A. Low, Practical Geometry and Graphics, New York: Longmans, Green and Co., 1912, pp. 233-235.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
1927 05 29
ID Number
MA.304723.195
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.195
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 7 cm x 7.3 cm x 6 cm; 2 3/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 2 3/8 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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1066700