Component from the Bush Differential Analyzer

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Bush, Vannevar
Description
This steel plate supports two gear trains that are mirror images of one another. A gear on the front of the plate links with one or the other train. The dials on the front of the plate alter the position of the gears in the gear trains.
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
Credit Line
Gift of Wayne State University, College of Liberal Arts, Computation Laboratory
ca 1930
ID Number
1983.3002.88
catalog number
1983.3002.88
nonaccession number
1983.3002
Object Name
Differential Analyzer Component
Physical Description
metal (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 22.8 cm x 37 cm x 20 cm; 8 31/32 in x 14 9/16 in x 7 7/8 in
place made
United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
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Medicine and Science: Mathematics
Mechanical Integrators and Analyzers
Science & Mathematics
National Museum of American History
Subject
Mathematics
Record ID
nmah_693875
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-1163-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
Bush Differential Analyzer Component
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