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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 curved rectangular (but nearly square) shape with vertical rectangular projection about 1/4 inward from one corner. Curve more pronounced toward one side, similar to a wing leading edge. Projection consists of two thin metal pieces, .8cm tall and 1cm wide, soldered to the outwardly curved surface of the rectangle. Lender's catalog number written next to projection. 2 of 3, original 1901, 48.44.3-#16 Franklin Institute catalogue number Dimensions 3-D (15g): 6.4 × 6 × 1cm (2 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
 Materials Steel
 Inventory Number I20031225003 Credit Line On loan from The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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