Maker:

Bush, Vannevar  Search this

Physical Description:

steel (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 1.9 cm x 6.7 cm x 6.7 cm; 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in

Object Name:

Differential Analyzer Components

Place made:

United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

Date made:

ca 1930

Description:

Both of these steel gears have a hole for the shaft down the middle. One is marked: GA48. The other is marked: GA50. Both are marked: BOSTON.

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:

1983.3002.61

Nonaccession number:

1983.3002

Catalog number:

1983.3002.61

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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/ng49ca746a5-0e4e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_693848