Maker:

Bush, Vannevar  Search this

Physical Description:

steel (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 5.2 cm x 55 cm x 5.2 cm; 2 1/16 in x 21 21/32 in x 2 1/16 in

Object Name:

Differential Analyzer Component

Place made:

United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

Date made:

ca 1930

Description:

On this steel shaft, gears in two sizes are attached to rings and lined up on the shaft as in 1983.3002.05. Some gears are marked with numbers. Some are marked: BOSTON. the mark refers to the products of the Boston Gear Works.

Parts of the Bush differential analyzer at NMAH have museum numbers MA.314824 and 1983.3002.01 through 1983.3002.89.

Location:

Currently not on view

Subject:

Mathematics  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts, Computation Laboratory

ID Number:

1983.3002.08

Nonaccession number:

1983.3002

Catalog number:

1983.3002.08

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers

Science & Mathematics

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-31bd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_693239