Object Details
- Description
- This collapsible paper geometric model has a ring at the center that holds six segments of circles folded in half to form a sector of of a sphere. It is marked: 573. Wheeler would take out a patent for models of this type.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- tam (overall color)
- cut and folded (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 3 cm x 4.8 cm x 4.8 cm; 1 3/16 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
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