Five Regular Skeletal Polyhedra.
- Made:
- 1568-1691
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The five regular skeletal polyhedra with inscribed stars.
Five skeletal polyhedra with inscribed stars, and their boxes. Since ancient times it has been known that there are only five regular polyhedra: three-dimensional figures which appear the same when viewed from any angle. This is the largest set associated with Robert Boyle (1627-1691) and contains a tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron and icosahedron.
Details
- Category:
- King George III
- Object Number:
- 1927-2065/1 Pt1
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Measurements:
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Cube: 135 mm x 135 mm x 135 mm, 1.18 kg
Tetrahedron: 155 mm x 193 mm x 168 mm, 0.47 kg
Octahedron: 135 mm x 165 mm x 185 mm, 0.71 kg
Dodecahedron: 180 mm x 205 mm x 220 mm, 0.95 kg
Isocahedron: 190 mm x 195 mm x 225 mm, 1.15 kg
- type:
- polyhedra
- credit:
- King's College, London
