Owner:

The Franklin Institute  Search this

Materials:

Steel

Dimensions:

3-D (23g): 12.3 × 3.1 × 1.2cm (4 13/16 × 1 1/4 × 1/2 in.)

Type:

EQUIPMENT-Test

Physical Description:

Dark ferrous metal, slightly curved, long narrow rectangular shape with vertical rectangular projection about 1/4 inward from a short edge. Curve more pronounced toward one side, similar to a wing leading edge. Projection consists of two thin metal pieces, .8cm tall and 1.2cm wide, soldered to the outwardly curved surface of the rectangle. Lender's catalog number written next to projection.

3 of 3, original 1901, 48.44.3-#19 Franklin Institute catalogue number

Credit Line:

On loan from The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Inventory Number:

I20031225004

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Location:

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Exhibition:

Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv98f24c7f1-79b2-4bbf-8d1a-4d31425b21b1

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_I20031225004