Shaft with Gears from the Bush Differential Analyzer

Bush Differential Analyzer Component
Bush Differential Analyzer Component
Description:

On this steel shaft, gears in two sizes are attached to rings and lined up on the shaft as in 1983.3002.05. Some gears are marked with numbers. Some are marked: BOSTON. the mark refers to the products of the Boston Gear Works.

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

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: 1983.3002.08Nonaccession Number: 1983.3002Catalog Number: 1983.3002.08

Object Name: Differential Analyzer Component

Physical Description: steel (overall material)Measurements: overall: 5.2 cm x 55 cm x 5.2 cm; 2 1/16 in x 21 21/32 in x 2 1/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

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

Record Id: nmah_693239

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