Component from the Bush Differential Analyzer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Bush, Vannevar
notes: label: Description
content: This component is made of steel; brass. and aluminum. The metal base supports a large gear which has a flat steel disc on it. The motion of the gear is linked to the rotation of a metal rod that runs above it. The base also supports a rectangular metal front painted black. A dial is on the front. Turning the dial (if it were fully connected) would alter the position of the link between the gear and the metal rod. Mrk on plastic tag on the front reads om part: DO NOT EXCEED 60 UNITS (/) IN EITHER DIRECTION. Number on crosspiece reads: 94211.
label: Description
content: Parts of the Bush differential analyzer surviving at the Smithsonian have museum numbers MA.314824 and 1983.3002.01 through 1983.3002.89.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
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content: Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts, Computation Laboratory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.3002.86
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3002.86
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3002
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Differential Analyzer Component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.8 cm x 26.5 cm x 32.5 cm; 5 1/32 in x 10 7/16 in x 12 25/32 in