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
Double-coiled horizontal copper tubing. Two tube ends protrude from the right side. This object shows a design continuation utilizing thicker piping but with a difference; it has the greatest amount of insulation of any similar object in our collection up to this point. This is reflected in the original photograph in Langley's "Memoir of Mechanical Flight" as boiler type "P", featured in the "Boilers of Aerodromes" picture template. The object in question is the original object used in the Langley memoir photograph.
Dimensions
3-D (Overall): 48.3 × 22.2 × 11.4cm (1 ft. 7 in. × 8 3/4 in. × 4 1/2 in.)
Materials
Copper Alloy
Inventory Number
A19820846000
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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