Frontlash Unit from the Bush Differential Analyzer
Object Details
- Description
- This steel shaft carries a steel cylinder next to a thin rotating brass drum. A friction band goes around the drum and a planetary gear train links it to a steel disc. The disc and brass end piece are marked: 2.
- Compare to 1983.3002.04; 1983.3002.09; and 1983.3002.10.
- Parts of the Bush differential analyzer at NMAH 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
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- ca 1930
- ca 1930
- ID Number
- 1983.3002.11
- nonaccession number
- 1983.3002
- catalog number
- 1983.3002.11
- maker
- Bush, Vannevar
- Object Name
- Differential Analyzer Component
- Other Terms
- Differential Analyzer Component; Frontlash Unit
- Physical Description
- brass (overall material)
- steel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6.7 cm x 30 cm x 9.5 cm; 2 5/8 in x 11 13/16 in x 3 3/4 in
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers
- Science & Mathematics
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Record ID
- nmah_693242
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