Two Components from the Bush Differential Analyzer

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Bush Differential Analyzer Components

Description:

Each of these two steel discs is cut by two perpendicular diameters, one on each side. Both discs have a hole in the middle.

Parts of the Bush differential analyzer surviving at the Smithsonian have museum numbers MA.314824 and 1983.3002.01 through 1983.3002.89.

Date Made: ca 1930

Maker: Bush, Vannevar

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge

Subject: Mathematics

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Mathematics, Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers, Science & Mathematics

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts, Computation Laboratory

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.3002.76Catalog Number: 1983.3002.76Nonaccession Number: 1983.3002

Object Name: Differential Analyzer Components

Physical Description: steel (overall material)Measurements: each: .5 cm x 2.9 cm x 2.9 cm; 3/16 in x 1 5/32 in x 1 5/32 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-0ee8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_693863

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