Gauge, temperature

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OBJECT TYPE
RADIATOR
DATE
1918
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1968.0591.001
MANUFACTURER
MOTOMETER CO. INC.
MODEL
BOYCE MOTO-METER STANDARD
LOCATION
Long Island, New York, United States of America

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL, BRASS & LEAD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
7.6 cm
Width
7.6 cm
Height
10.7 cm
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Motorized Ground Transportation
Category
Automotive parts
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
MOTOMETER
Country
United States of America
State/Province
New York
City
Long Island

Context

Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
Period
Unknown
Canada
Unknown
Function
A heat gauge for autos and trucks which registers the temperature of the cooling system and is a warning against over heating (KE – notes: 1980.0372).
Technical
A sample type of a Boyce Motometer heat gauge that consists of a thermometer attached to the top of a radiator cap used to provide temperature control for the engine of automobiles. In 1912, Boyce introduced and patented the first motometer (“Boyce Motometer”). It bridged a period between the production of plain utilitarian radiator caps and cap-mounted hood ornaments or mascots (Boggs and Boggs, “Motometers”). At the turn of the 20th century, automobile engines were not pressurized and were susceptible to overheating. There was no way to measure the internal temperature of the engine unless it overheated and steam was released from the radiator cap. There was a need to know the temperature of the engine’s cooling system because it was important to maintain an efficient operating temperature to prevent engine destruction due to overheating. As a result, the U.S. company Boyce invented the heat gauge to display the engine temperature (Boggs and Boggs, “Motometers”). At first, motometers were constructed with a simple design, however decorative ornamentation was added over time, such as wings, knobs and other embellishments. By the 1920s, the temperature gauge was located on the dashboard inside the automobile and motometers were no longer necessary. As a result, the radiator cap was decorated with hood ornaments or mascots (“The History of Hood Ornaments”).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
Text stamped onto bottom front and back of metal casing: ‘Boyce MotoMeter’; Text on the front inside layer states temperature scale and patents: ‘Patented [unreadable - Mar-7-14?]/ July-16-18/ Aug.-13-18’; Text on the back inside layer states name and location of manufacturer, as well as the model of gauge: ‘Boyce MotoMeter/ Patented/ The MotoMeter Co. Inc./ Long Island City, N.Y., U.S.A./ Hudson Equip.’
Missing
N/A
Finish
Unknown
Decoration
N/A

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MOTOMETER CO. INC., Gauge, temperature, after 1918, Artifact no. 1968.0591, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1968.0591.001/

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