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Object Details
Date
1887-1903
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
EQUIPMENT-Test
Manufacturer
Smithsonian Institution Physical Description
Thickly-coiled horizontal copper tubing. This object in particular has external tubing connecting onto a short copper pipe running in a perpendicular direction, suggesting a circulation system. Please note: This is the original object photographed in Langley's "Memoir of Mechanical Flight" as boiler type "K", featured in the "Boilers of Aerodromes" picture template.
Stored with A19820841000
Dimensions
3-D (Overall): 36.2 × 11.4 × 10.2cm (1 ft. 2 1/4 in. × 4 1/2 in. × 4 in.) Materials
Copper Alloy
Solder
Ferrous Alloy Inventory Number
A19820842000
Credit Line
Transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to the United States National Museum.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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