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Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Dodecahedron

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Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Dodecahedron
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  • Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Dodecahedron
  • Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Dodecahedron
  • Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Dodecahedron
  • Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Dodecahedron
  • Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Dodecahedron
  • Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Dodecahedron
  • Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Augmented Truncated Dodecahedron

    Object Details

    maker

    Berman, Martin

    Description

    One of the decagonal faces of a truncated dodecahedron has been replaced by a surface with one regular pentagon, five squares, and five triangles. The faces of model total twenty-five equilateral triangles, five squares, one regular pentagon, and eleven regular decagons.
    On Berman's models of regular-faced convex polyhedra, see 1978.1065.01.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Martin Berman

    date made

    1970

    ID Number

    1978.1065.088

    accession number

    1978.1065

    catalog number

    1978.1065.088

    Object Name

    geometric model

    Physical Description

    paper (overall material)

    Measurements

    overall: 26.6 cm x 26 cm x 30 cm; 10 15/32 in x 10 1/4 in x 11 13/16 in

    place made

    United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh

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    Medicine and Science: Mathematics
    Berman Models
    Science & Mathematics

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Regular-Faced Convex Polyhedra
    Mathematics

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-15eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_690431

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    Tan paper model of a truncated isododecahedron, with faces made up of 30 squares, twenty regular pentagons, and twelve regular decagons.

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