Four Gears from the Bush Diferential Analyzer

Object Details

Description

Each of these four steel gears has with a cylinder on one side and a hole for a shaft. The dimensions given are for each gear.

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

Data Source

National Museum of American History

date made

ca 1930

ID Number

1983.3002.70

nonaccession number

1983.3002

catalog number

1983.3002.70

maker

Bush, Vannevar

Object Name

Differential Analyzer Components

Physical Description

steel (overall material)

Measurements

each: 1.6 cm x 3.4 cm x 3.4 cm; 5/8 in x 1 11/32 in x 1 11/32 in

place made

United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

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Medicine and Science: Mathematics

Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers

Science & Mathematics

Subject

Mathematics

Record ID

nmah_693857

Usage

CC0

GUID

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