Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This model of a dissected polyhedron is made from paper and stored in a folded paper box. The dissection is made up of six hinged folded polyhedra that surround a central cube. Rearranged, the hinged pieces form a truncated octahedron. Wheeler called this a model of a soap-film cube or Tesseract. He gave it model number 785.
A mark on the object reads: Container for (/) "Soap Film" cube. Another mark reads: April 193. A third mark reads: 785.
Compare MA.304723.319 and MA.304723.329.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
1931 04
ID Number
MA.304723.319
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.319
Object Name
Geometric Model
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 8 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm; 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 in x 3 5/32 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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1067685