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2 total messages Started by Marcus Marcusson Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:17
Geometrical shape
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Author: Marcus Marcusson
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:17
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What's the English name of the 26-side ball-shape of the point leveler
weight on the picture? In Swedish it's evidently "rombkuboktaeder"...

http://www.abc.se/home/m10901/RAIL/osj_klot.html

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Re: Geometrical shape
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Author: Fred Curtis
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:00
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Marcus Marcusson <pictorNOSPAM@abc.se> wrote:
> What's the English name of the 26-side ball-shape of the point leveler
> weight on the picture? In Swedish it's evidently "rombkuboktaeder"...
>
> http://www.abc.se/home/m10901/RAIL/osj_klot.html

According to Mathworld, it's a "small rhombicuboctahedron":
  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/SmallRhombicuboctahedron.html

It's one of the Archimedian Solids:
  http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ArchimedeanSolid.html
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