Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Two Parallelograms Transformable into Quadrilaterals, Portion, Plane Dissection

Hinged Plane Dissection, Four triangles which can be arranged as a parallelogram .

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Object Details

maker

Wheeler, Albert Harry

Description

This hinged dissection has four triangular pieces. It is part of a model of of two parallelograms convertible into a quadrilateral or a rectangle (Wheeler's model 8PA).

See 1979.3002.43 (folder 2), both for the list of decompositions and pattern.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

ID Number

MA.304723.778

accession number

304723

catalog number

304723.778

Object Name

geometric model

Physical Description

plastic (overall material)

wood (overall material)

metal (overall material)

turquoise (overall color)

brown (overall color)

cut, glued and hinged (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

average spatial: 1 cm x 12.5 cm x 10.3 cm; 13/32 in x 4 29/32 in x 4 1/16 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/ng49ca746a9-3025-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1075120