Cross Shaft from the Bush Differential Analyzer

Bush Differential Analyzer Component
Bush Differential Analyzer Component
Bush Differential Analyzer Component
Bush Differential Analyzer Component
Description:

This steel shaft runs through a series of steel rings, each with a gear next to it. One ring is attached to one gear. Each ring has one protrusion. Seventeen rings are of one size, twenty-two of a larger size. Each ring is marked: BOSTON. The Boston Gear Works manufactured several parts used in the Bush differential analyzer.

Parts of the Bush differential analyzer at NMAH 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

Subject:

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

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1983.3002.05Nonaccession Number: 1983.3002Catalog Number: 1983.3002.05

Object Name: differential analyzer componentOther Terms: Cross Shaft

Physical Description: steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 4 cm x 67.5 cm x 4 cm; 1 9/16 in x 26 9/16 in x 1 9/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-31ab-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_693236

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