Amsler No. 2 Integrator
date: label: date made
content: 1930
name: label: maker
content: Alfred J. Amsler & Company
notes: label: Description
content: This German silver instrument is designed for measuring the area bounded by a closed curve (the integral of a function y), the moment of the enclosed surface (half the integral of y squared), and the moment of inertia of the enclosed surface (one third the integral of y cubed). The instrument has three tracing points, one fixed to the tracing arm and the other two movable. A heavy metal rail with a groove in it is used to guide the motion of two rollers of the integrator as well as the two movable tracer arms. The rail is stored separately. For related documentation see 1978.1095.02 and 1978.1095.03. This instrument was used by G. Bruce Newby, the father of the donor, who was a naval architect and apparently resided in Long Beach, California, at the time he ordered the device.
label: Description
content: A mark on the instrument reads: J. Amsler. Another mark reads: Keuffel & Esser Co. (/) New York. Another mark reads: Alfred J. Amsler & Co. (/) Switzerland. A mark on a paper tag nailed to the inside of the lid reads: KEUFFEL & ESSER CO. Another mark on this tag reads: No. 4286 Serial 1054. A mark on a paper tag pasted to the inside of the lid reads: Property of (/) G. BRUCE NEWBY (/) 83 Stratford Rd. (/) Berkeley, Calif.
label: Description
content: For related documentation, see 1978.1095.02 and 1978.1095.03.
label: Description
content: Reference: Accession file.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Switzerland: Schaffhausen
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 Clinton T. Newby
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.1095.01
label: catalog number
content: 1978.1095.01
label: accession number
content: 1978.1095
label: catalog number
content: 336876
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Integrator
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: German silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (case material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (tags material)
label: Measurements
content: case: 7.3 cm x 61.8 cm x 44 cm; 2 7/8 in x 24 11/32 in x 17 5/16 in