Gear with Cylinder on Shaft (Two Examples) from the Bush Differential Analyzer

Object Details

Bush, Vannevar

Description

One of these two components consists of a steel shaft that holds bolt at one end; then a gear and then cylinder that fits into another cylinder. The second component is identical excecpt that the second cylinder is missing.

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

1983.3002.19

nonaccession number

1983.3002

catalog number

1983.3002.19

Object Name

Differential Analyzer Components

Other Terms

Differential Analyzer Components; Gear With Cylinder On Shaft

Physical Description

metal (overall material)

Measurements

each: 3.8 cm x 7.8 cm x 3.8 cm; 1 1/2 in x 3 1/16 in x 1 1/2 in

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers

Science & Mathematics

National Museum of American History

Subject

Mathematics

Record ID

nmah_693250

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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