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UCLA Differential Analyzer Components - Battery Box Switches

American History Museum

Object Details

maker

General Electric Company

Description

These five components each have two hollow half-cylinders, green on the front and dark in the interior. A plastic hollow rectangle connects adjacent sides and links to a plastic top. Two metal switches protrude from each top piece, as well as two fabric-covered wires. Marks include: Off ; Down ; and Rev.
For general information about the UCLA differential analyzer, see 1983.0023.001.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

1947

ID Number

1983.0023.039

catalog number

1983.0023.039

accession number

1983.0023

Object Name

differential analyzer components

Physical Description

aluminum (overall material)
plastic (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 6 cm x 13 cm x 13 cm; 2 3/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 5 1/8 in

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers
Science & Mathematics

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1c08-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_689994

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