Object Details
maker
Bush, Vannevar
Description
This component has a flat steel base painted black. This holds a brass spur gear linked to a gear with a dial on it. The dial is numbered 0; 2; 4; 6; 8; 10; 12; 12; 10; 8; 6; 4; 2. It has a piece of tape on it numbered from 13 to 26.
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
ID Number
1983.3002.82
catalog number
1983.3002.82
nonaccession number
1983.3002
Object Name
Differential Analyzer Component
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
paper (label material)
Measurements
overall: 2.5 cm x 10.4 cm x 12.3 cm; 31/32 in x 4 3/32 in x 4 27/32 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_693869