Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
This partially hinged dissection has three pieces. It can be arranged as a near-parallelogram or as a triangle in two ways. A protrusion from one edge and a hole in another edge do not meet.
These are three of the four pieces in Wheeler's model 4H. A drawing for the model, dated January 6, 1932, is in 1979.3002.55, folder 2. It indicates that the missing piece is a triangle which can be added, with the pieces arranged to form a triangle in three ways.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1932
ID Number
MA.304723.753
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.753
Object Name
geometric model
Other Terms
Dissection
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
white (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blue (overall color)
hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 1.2 cm x 14 cm x 6.5 cm; 15/32 in x 5 1/2 in x 2 9/16 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_1073888