Analog Computing Component - Screw Multiplier?
Analog Computing Component - Screw Multiplier?
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- Description
- This relatively large device has an aluminum platform with framing pieces and gears. The frame carries two grooved slides that move crosswise and a third that moves perpendicular to them. The motion of the perpendicular piece is controlled by the rotation of two parallel screws.
- A mark on one of the grooved pieces reads: TR R d. A mark on one piece of the frame reads: 18-S4. A mark on the opposite piece of the frame reads: 18-S5. The plastic tag is missing.
- A screw multiplier is listed in the accession file as Ford Instrument Company #66. The description reads: Performs multiplication functions. This was originally a three unit multiplier, however, it has been canabilized [sic] to the extent that only one unit is left.”
- Reference:
- Accession file.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- analog computing component
- date made
- ca 1920-1955
- maker
- Ford Instrument Company
- place made
- United States: New York, Queens, Long Island City
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 cm x 37 cm x 38.3 cm; 3 17/32 in x 14 9/16 in x 15 3/32 in
- ID Number
- 1982.0751.31
- accession number
- 1982.0751
- catalog number
- 1982.0751.31
- Credit Line
- Ford Instrument Company, Division of Sperry Rand Corporation
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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