Object Details
maker
Bush, Vannevar
Description
The rotation of a shaft representing results calculated by the differential analyzer were transmitted to a tracer that drew the results on an output table. This is the carriage for the tracer point, with tracer point. It is a large open arrangement of steel shafts, with one shaft is perpendicular to a double set.
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
Credit Line
Gift of Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts, Computation Laboratory
date made
ca 1930
ca 1930
ID Number
1983.3002.03
nonaccession number
1983.3002
catalog number
1983.3002.03
Object Name
differential analyzer component
Other Terms
Output Table
Physical Description
steel (overall material)
barss (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 11.5 cm x 102 cm x 74 cm; 4 17/32 in x 40 5/32 in x 29 1/8 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_693234