Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
The four pieces of this hinged model are made of plastic glued to wood. The pieces can be arranged as a triangle, a right triangle, or a rectangle. The green plastic is cut, but it covers only one piece
This is 4A on Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons. It is a dissection that transforms a triangle into a right triangle.
A pattern for this model found in 1979.3002.55 is dated 1932.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.810
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.810
Object Name
geometric model
geometric model
Other Terms
Dissection
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
green (overall color)
blue (overall color)
pink (overall color)
red (overall color)
hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.5 cm x 20.6 cm x 13.3 cm; 19/32 in x 8 1/8 in x 5 1/4 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
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1075764