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Geometric Model by Paul Tracy, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Eighteen-Faced Polyhedron

Object Details

Description
The faces of this cut and glued tan paper model are six isosceles triangles (three on top and three of the bottom), six irregular heptagons (three adjacent to each group of isosceles triangles), and six additional triangles around the middle (three of these isosceles). A mark in pencil on the model reads: Paul Tracy (/) Nov. 17, 1936. Another penciled mark reads: XY3/XY4.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
teacher
Wheeler, Albert Harry
maker
Tracy, Paul
date made
1936 11 17
Credit Line
Gift of Helen M. Wheeler
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
tan (overall color)
cut and glued (overall production method/technique)
Measurements
average spatial: 6.2 cm x 8 cm x 6 cm; 2 7/16 in x 3 5/32 in x 2 3/8 in
Object Name
Geometric Model
Geometric Model by Paul Tracy, a Student of A. Harry Wheeler, Irregular Polyhedron
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