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
A small, oval-shaped cylinder connected to copper tubing. Please refer to Vol. 27, No. 3, Pl. 12, (vintage 1894) Picture "F" (gasoline burners),"Langley Memoir of Mechanical Flight", p. 57. The object shown in current photographs in TMS "Media" file is the same object in Langley's memoir.
Stored with A19820770000
Dimensions
3-D: 35.2 x 7 x 4.3cm (13 7/8 x 2 3/4 x 1 11/16 in.)
Storage: 40.3 x 29.2 x 6.7cm (15 7/8 x 11 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.)
Materials
Steel; Copper Alloy
Inventory Number
A19820775000
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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