Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Triangular Prism Transformable into a Cube, Dissected Polyhedron

Dissected Polyhedron by A. H. Wheeler - Cube Into Triangular Prism

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Dissected Polyhedron by A. H. Wheeler - Cube Into Triangular Prism
Dissected Polyhedron by A. H. Wheeler - Cube Into Triangular Prism
Dissected Polyhedron by A. H. Wheeler - Cube Into Triangular Prism
Dissected Polyhedron by A. H. Wheeler - Cube Into Triangular Prism

Object Details

maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

Description

The four pieces of this hinged dissection may be arranged as a prism with a base of an equilateral triangle or as a cube. A mark on the object reads: Triangular Prism (/) into a (/) cube. Another mark reads: April-27-1931. A third mark reads: 772.

Compare to Wheeler's model of a plane dissection MA.304723.766 (4C on his list of polygon dissections).

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

date made

1931 04 27

ID Number

MA.304723.304

accession number

304723

catalog number

304723.304

Object Name

Geometric Model

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

tan (overall color)

cut and folded (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

average spatial: 8.2 cm x 8.2 cm x 8.2 cm; 3 7/32 in x 3 7/32 in x 3 7/32 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

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-15bd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1067592