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Maker:
Wheeler, Albert Harry  Search this
Physical Description:
paper (overall material)
metal (overall material)
string (overall material)
tan (overall color)
gray (overall color)
cut, glued and sewn (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: .5 cm x 8 cm x 11 cm; 3/16 in x 3 5/32 in x 4 11/32 in
Object Name:
Geometric Model
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
Description:
This cardboard model has a rectangular base with three flat discs on top of it. Most of semicircle cut out of each disc. Each disc has a nail that passes through its center and a thread that originates at the center and bisects the open part of the disc.A triangle cut out of the base may once have held the nails at its corners.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
ID Number:
MA.304723.510
Accession number:
304723
Catalog number:
304723.510
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-1ca9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1071522