Object Details
- Description
- Cutting off the vertices of a regular polyhedron creates another polyhedron which may also have faces that are regular polygons. If one cuts off the vertices of a regular octahedron, one can produce this truncated octahedron, which has six faces that are squares and eight that are regular hexagons. The solid angles of the figure are equal, and it is called a semi-regular solid. The ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes enumerated the eighteen regular and semi-regular solids, and they are known as Archimedean solids in his honor.
- This wooden model of a truncated octahedron is marked: 9. It also is signed in pen: R. Anderson (/) March 28, '38. Wheeler assigned his model of the truncated octahedron the general number 9. This example was built by a student.
- Reference:
- Magnus J. Wenninger, Polyhedron Models, Cambridge: The University Press, 1971, p. 21.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- teacher
- Wheeler, Albert Harry
- maker
- Anderson, R.
- date made
- 1938 03 28
- Credit Line
- Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
- Physical Description
- wood, balsa (overall material)
- cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 5.3 cm x 6.6 cm x 6.5 cm; 2 3/32 in x 2 19/32 in x 2 9/16 in
- Object Name
- Geometric Model
