Two burner units attached to a copper-coiled evaporating tube. Evaporating coil is contained inside a metal housing cover. This object is part of the vintage 1896 gasoline burner line, featured in Vol. 27, No. 3, Pl. 12, Picture "M","Langley Memoir of Mechanical Flight", p. 57. PLEASE NOTE: Vol. 27, No. 3, Pl. 26a ("Details AERODROME No. 5, Half Size, Metric Scale"), decribes this object as being an "Aeolipile." Stored with A19820797000 Created by Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Date Created 05/08/2015 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Aviation; Engineers; Equipment; People; Research Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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