Object Details
maker
Bush, Vannevar
Description
Each of the three objects is a hollow cylinder that is closed off at one end and opens to a disc at the other. The rims of the discs are marked - one 11, one 1, and the third 9. All have same museum mark.
Compare to 1983.3002.04 and 1983.3002.11.
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
1983.3002.27
catalog number
1983.3002.27
nonaccession number
1983.3002
Object Name
Differential Analyzer Components
Other Terms
Differential Analyzer Components; End Pieces For Frontlash Units
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
each: 6.6 cm x 5.2 cm x 6.6 cm; 2 19/32 in x 2 1/16 in x 2 19/32 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
See more items in
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_693258