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Marcus Marcusson

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Jul 22, 2007, 8:17:34 PM7/22/07
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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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Fred Curtis

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Jul 22, 2007, 9:00:25 PM7/22/07
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Marcus Marcusson <pictor...@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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