Geometric Model by Russell King, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Dodecahedron Transformable into Two Cubes, Dissected Polyhedron

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Wheeler Model of a Dissected Polyhedron
Wheeler Model of a Dissected Polyhedron
Geometric Model by Russell King, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Dodecahedron or Two Cubes
Geometric Model by Russell King, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Dodecahedron or Two Cubes
Geometric Model by Russell King, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Dodecahedron or Two Cubes
Geometric Model by Russell King, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Dodecahedron or Two Cubes
Geometric Model by Russell King, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Regular Dodecahedron or Two Cubes

Object Details

unspecified

Wheeler, Albert Harry

maker

King, Russell

Description

This paper model of a regular dodecahedron has a cubical center and 6 five-sided polyhedra, hinged together, that can be arranged as another cube less an eight-pointed star pentagonal dodecahedron. A tag on the model reads: L12. It also is marked: Russell King (/) Mar. 6, 1939. This sounds like Wheeler's model 773.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Helen M. Wheeler

date made

1939 03 06

ID Number

MA.304723.297

accession number

304723

catalog number

304723.297

Object Name

Geometric Model

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

tan (overall color)

cut and glued (overall production method/technique)

Measurements

average spatial: 6.2 cm x 8.3 cm x 8.3 cm; 2 7/16 in x 3 9/32 in x 3 9/32 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/ng49ca746a9-1097-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1067503