Object Details
maker
General Electric Company
Description
These eighteen potentiometers are eighteen separate metal boxes, open at the top. Numerous knobs and switches on the front of each box are labeled. The boxes have holes in them on both sides and the back. The back of each box has six outlets and adhesive labels. Inside are many glass tubes and wires. The potentiometers hang from the underside of integrators- one is (or at least was) in that position as an example of how they all were placed. Other marks include: General Electric Differential Analyzer Amplifier ; Photo Tube Potentiometer ; Anti-Hunt ; Amplitude ; Bias ; and Sensitivity.
Each potentiometer has a back label stating "Integrator" or "Curve Follower" and the number of the integrator with which it goes.
For general information about the UCLA differential analyzer, see 1983.0023.001.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1947
ID Number
1983.0023.029
catalog number
1983.0023.029
accession number
1983.0023
Object Name
differential analyzer components
Physical Description
glass (overall material)
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 29 cm x 26 cm x 47 cm; 11 13/32 in x 10 1/4 in x 18 1/2 in
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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_689984