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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date 1887-1903 Country of Origin United States of America Type EQUIPMENT-Test Manufacturer Smithsonian Institution
 Physical Description 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 Dimensions 3-D: 17.8 x 13 x 5.7cm (7 x 5 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)
Storage: 45.7 x 32.4 x 8.3cm (18 x 12 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.)
 Materials Copper Alloy; Steel
 Inventory Number A19820776000 Credit Line Transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to the United States National Museum. Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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