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Object details:

Object Name: Airfoil Section, Langley
Smithsonian Record ID: edanmdm:nasm_A19820584000

	Object Name
	Airfoil Section, Langley

	Metadata Usage
	Not determined

	Guid
	http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv992f24e30-7cfe-40e0-900b-60f34f830fa0

	Data Source
	National Air and Space Museum

	Manufacturer
	Smithsonian Institution

	Materials
	Wood

	Materials
	Varnish

	Materials
	Copper Alloy

	Dimensions
	3-D (Overall): 61 × 15.9 × 2.5cm (2 ft. × 6 1/4 in. × 1 in.)

	Physical Description
	Airfoil section used on Langley whirling arm. Perfect arc with maximum depth of curvature 1 inch (2.5 cm). Brass, 1/4 inch (0.6 cm) wide, reinforcements on each end of airfoil section. Object is primarily made of wood, but contains brass supports on the edges.

	Country of Origin
	United States of America

	Credit Line
	Transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to the United States National Museum.

	Inventory Number
	A19820584000

	Date
	1887-1903

	Type
	MODELS-Wind Tunnel

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