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Maker:
Bush, Vannevar  Search this
Physical Description:
brass (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 1.2 cm x 4.8 cm x 4.8 cm; 15/32 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in
Object Name:
Differential Analyzer Component
Place made:
United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
Date made:
ca 1930
Description:
This brass gear has a short, hollow brass cylinder at the center.
Parts of the Bush differential analyzer surviving at the Smithsonian 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:
1983.3002.54
Catalog number:
1983.3002.54
Nonaccession number:
1983.3002
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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/ng49ca746a5-0d1b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_693841