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Geometric Model by A. Harry Wheeler, Isoceles Triangle Transformable into Rectangle, Plane Dissection

Catalog Data

Maker:
Wheeler, Albert Harry  Search this
Physical Description:
plastic (overall material)
wood (overall material)
metal (overall material)
purple (overall color)
hinged (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
average spatial: 1.5 cm x 15.2 cm x 10.8 cm; 19/32 in x 5 31/32 in x 4 1/4 in
Object Name:
geometric model
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Worcester
Date made:
ca 1932
Description:
This hinged dissection has four pieces that may be arranged as a rectangle or a triangle.
This is model 4P among the triangles in Wheeler's list of decompositions of polygons. A drawing dated January 9, 1932 , is in 1979.3002.55, folder 2.
Location:
Currently not on view
Subject:
Mathematics  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
ID Number:
MA.304723.782
Accession number:
304723
Catalog number:
304723.782
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Science & Mathematics
Plane Dissections
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-196c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1074397