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/tubes/pressure guage). Please refer to Model "I" (Alcohol Aeolipiles) "Langley Memoir of Mechanical Flight", p.57. pl 12"
Dimensions
3-D: 36.8 x 14.3 x 7.6cm (14 1/2 x 5 5/8 x 3 in.)
Storage: 47 x 26.7 x 10.8cm (18 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.)
Materials
Copper Alloy; Steel; Brass; Mica
Inventory Number
A19820786000
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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