Display Status
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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