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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 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 Usage conditions apply
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