Object Details
maker
Wheeler, Albert Harry
Description
Massachusetts high school teacher and model maker A. Harry Wheeler built several geometric models that represented the union of intersecting cubes. He described this model as “four cubes wrapped about a regular octahedron.” The plastic pieces of the model are cut and glued to represent sections of red, yellow, black, and blue cubes.
The model has no maker’s mark, but is numbered “94.” This corresponds to an entry in Wheeler’s handwritten catalog of his models. He also numbered the model H18, as it was based on a six-sided figure or hexahedron.
Compare model MA.304723.117, which is the same surface, folded from paper.
Reference:
A. H. Wheeler, Catalog of Models, A. H. Wheeler Papers, Mathematics Collections, National Museum of American History.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
date made
ca 1935
ID Number
MA.304723.120
accession number
304723
catalog number
304723.120
Object Name
geometric model
Physical Description
plastic (overall material)
red (overall color)
blue (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
black (overall color)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 12 cm x 16 cm x 16 cm; 4 23/32 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 5/16 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1065758