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Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Elongated Pentagonal Orthobirotunda

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Polyhedron Model by Martin Berman, Elongated Pentagonal Orthobirotunda
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Object Details

maker

Berman, Martin

Description

The top and bottom faces of this model are regular pentagons. Pentagons, triangles and squares are on sides. The faces total twelve regular pentagons, twenty equilateral triangles, and ten squares. 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

1978.1065.062

accession number

1978.1065

catalog number

1978.1065.062

Object Name

geometric model

Physical Description

paper (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 20 cm x 19 cm x 17 cm; 7 7/8 in x 7 15/32 in x 6 11/16 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/ng49ca746a5-1a81-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_690405

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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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