Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Triangle Transformable into Triangle Transformable into Quadrilateral Transformable into Quadrilateral, Plane Dissection

Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles and one quadrilateral which can be arranged as two quadrilaterals.

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Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles and one quadrilateral which can be arranged as two quadrilaterals.
Hinged Plane Dissection, Two triangles and one quadrilateral which can be arranged as two quadrilaterals.
Plane Dissection - As Triangle
Plane Dissection - As Triangle

Object Details

maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

Description

The three pieces of this hinged dissection have white, black and red plastic tops attached to wooden bases. They may be arranged as a quadrilateral in two ways and as a triangle in two ways.

This is model 3J in Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons, listed with the triangles.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

ID Number

MA.304723.809

catalog number

304723.809

accession number

304723

Object Name

geometric model

Measurements

overall: 1.5 cm x 18.5 cm x 20 cm; 19/32 in x 7 9/32 in x 7 7/8 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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-8c15-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1423278