Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
The five pieces of this hinged dissection can be arranged as a triangle two ways and as a quadrilateral.
A drawing for this model is in 1979.3002.55, folder 1. It is dated January 9, 1932, and shows the pieces arranged as a triangle in two ways and as a parallelogram.
This is Wheeler's model 5B, Triangle Into Triangle, as listed in his "Decompositions of Polygons," under triangles.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.754
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.754
Object Name
geometric model
Other Terms
Dissection
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
green (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
black (overall color)
white (overall color)
hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 11 cm x 20.2 cm x 13.3 cm; 4 11/32 in x 7 15/16 in x 5 1/4 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Plane Dissections
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1073890