Engine, airplane
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTARY/9 CYL/AIR-COOLED/CUTAWAY
- DATE
- 1914
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.0578.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Gnome Engine Co.
- MODEL
- GNOME
- LOCATION
- Westminster, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 2152
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Motive power
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Gnome
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Westminster
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AIRCRAFT POWERPLANT - Technical
-
THE SEGUIN BROTHERS PIONEERED THE PRACTICAL ROTARY TYPE AIRCRAFT ENGINE. THE GNOME ENGINE WAS THE FIRST OF THESE PRACTICAL ROTARIES. THIS FIRST ROTARY ENGINE WAS THE 50 HP, 7-CYLINDER GNOME OMEGA, BUILT IN 1909. GNOME LATER BUILT MANY LE RHONE ENGINES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "30737 BZ" INCISED ON ENGINE CASING.
- Missing
- Spark plug wires on cylinders #1 to #6.
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Gnome Engine Co., Engine, airplane, circa 1914, Artifact no. 1970.0578, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.0578.001/
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