Object Details
- Bush, Vannevar
- Description
- This short brass piece holds a ring that rotates on ball bearings and a gear. A mark on the gear reads: 146335 5. A mark on the ring reads: FAFNIR S [. . .] K USA..
- 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
- ca 1930
- ID Number
- 1983.3002.18
- nonaccession number
- 1983.3002
- catalog number
- 1983.3002.18
- Object Name
- Differential Analyzer Component
- Other Terms
- Differential Analyzer Component; Gear And Ring On Shaft
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 4.3 cm x 8 cm x 4.3 cm; 1 11/16 in x 3 5/32 in x 1 11/16 in
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers
- Science & Mathematics
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_693249
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-fdff-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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