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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-Test

Owner

The Franklin Institute

Physical Description

Dark ferrous metal, slightly convex marquise shape with vertical rectangular projection about 1/4 from one point. Projection consists of two thin metal pieces, 1.6cm tall and 1.2cm wide, soldered to the outwardly curved surface of the marquise. Lender's catalog number written next to projection.
1 of 3, original 1901, 48.44.3-#34 Franklin Institute catalogue number

Dimensions

3-D (37g): 18.1 × 4 × 2cm (7 1/8 × 1 9/16 × 13/16 in.)

Materials

Steel

Inventory Number

I20031225002

Credit Line

On loan from The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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