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This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age

Object Details

Type

EQUIPMENT-Scientific Devices

Physical Description

Reproduction of the drag balance used by the Wright brothers in their wind tunnel experiments in late 1901.

Dimensions

3-D: 22.9 x 15.2 x 19.1cm (9 x 6 x 7 1/2 in.)

Materials

Overall: Metal

Inventory Number

V20030122001

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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