Object Details
maker
Bush, Vannevar
Description
This steel shaft has a steel cylinder next to a thin rotating brass drum. A friction band goes around the drum. The central gear train is missing. There is then a brass disc fixed to the shaft and a brass end piece that fits over the shaft and has an internal gear. The disc and end piece are marked: 5. This is part of a frontlash unit.
Compare to 1983.3002.04, 1983.3002.10., and 1983,3002.11.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts, Computation Laboratory
date made
ca 1930
ID Number
1983.3002.09
nonaccession number
1983.3002
catalog number
1983.3002.09
Object Name
Differential Analyzer Component
Other Terms
Differential Analyzer Component; Frontlash Unit
Physical Description
steel (overall material)
brass (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 6.7 cm x 30 cm x 10.3 cm; 2 5/8 in x 11 13/16 in x 4 1/16 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_693240