Object Details
- Physical Description
- A curved, almost ribbon-like shaped propeller made from strips of thin wood, glued together. In the center is a hole for attaching to a rotating shaft. The wood strips have more width than other Langley-designed props and appear more worn down on their surfaces.
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Manufacturer
- Smithsonian Institution
- Date
- 1887-1903
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to the United States National Museum.
- Materials
- Unidentified wood
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 99.7 × 23.2 × 7.6cm (39 1/4 × 9 1/8 × 3 in.)
- Storage (Aluminum pallet with fabric cover): 121.9 × 121.9 × 117.5cm, 98.9kg (48 × 48 × 46 1/4 in., 218lb.)
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Test
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