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