The Geometry of Patches
Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on May 11th, 2007 at 12:55 am Geometry, the first and noblest of sciences…
Like many hobbies, collecting patches can be educational.
Order of the Arrow patches preserve part of the history of the Order. They can teach us about past events and officers. The commemorate major events in Scouting. Many depict indigenous animals. With a bit of effort, you can learn about the persons and events that inspired lodges’ names. You might even learn some American history. But did you ever think patch collecting could teach you geometry?
This post will highlight some of the patches shaped like regular polygons.
"There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science."
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