Two Components from the Bush Differential Analyzer

Two Components from the Bush Differential Analyzer

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Description
Each of these two steel components has a gear held on a shaft by two cylinders.
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
Object Name
Differential Analyzer Components
date made
ca 1930
maker
Bush, Vannevar
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
Physical Description
steel (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 4.5 cm x 5.3 cm x 4.5 cm; 1 25/32 in x 2 3/32 in x 1 25/32 in
ID Number
1983.3002.26
catalog number
1983.3002.26
nonaccession number
1983.3002
Credit Line
Gift of Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts, Computation Laboratory
subject
Mathematics
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers
Science & Mathematics
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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