Collection

Canonical polyhedra, 5 models, associated with Bernal's work on the structure of liquids, 1950-1970

Made:: 1950-1970 in London

maker:: John Desmond Bernal

Canonical polyhedra, 5 models, associated with Bernal's work on the structure of liquids, 1950-1970

Details

Category:: Experimental Chemistry

Object Number:: 1973-367

type:: polyhedra

credit:: Birkbeck College

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Parts

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron, regular tetrahedron.

Object Number:: 1973-367 Pt1

type:: canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron, hexagon with equilateral sides formed by two triangles one above the other, offset by 45º.

Object Number:: 1973-367 Pt2

type:: canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron, hexagon with equilateral sides formed by two triangles one above the other.

Object Number:: 1973-367 Pt3

type:: canonical polyhedron

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron, octahedron with equilateral sides formed by two squares one above the other, rotated through 45º.

Object Number:: 1973-367 Pt4

type:: canonical polyhedron

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron

Canonical polyhedron, irregular octahedron.

Object Number:: 1973-367 Pt5

type:: canonical polyhedron

Image ©: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum