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
Horizontal, cylinder-shaped tank (w/Tubing/valve/flue). Please refer to Vol. 27, No. 3, Pl. 12, (1894) Picture "C" (Separators),"Langley Memoir of Mechanical Flight", p. 57 for visual reference. The object photographed here for TMS is the same object photographed in Langley's memoir. There is a slight variation, however. The picture in Langley's memoir shows a copper tube eminating from the right side. The current photo in TMS doesn't show this. However, photo A19820781000cp03 clearly shows that this tube has since been broken off.
Dimensions
3-D: 24.8 × 14 × 10.8cm (9 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 4 1/4 in.)
Storage: 40.6 × 39.4 × 15.2cm (1 ft. 4 in. × 1 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 6 in.)
Materials
Haz Mat: Asbestos
Copper Alloy
Solder
Ferrous Alloy
Inventory Number
A19820781000
Credit Line
Transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to the United States National Museum.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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