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- OBJECT TYPE
- Light automatic aircraft
- DATE
- 1914
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.1200.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Lewis 1914
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 71801
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. steel; non-ferrous metal (possibly aluminum) barrel jacket; wood panels on pistol grip
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 98.0 cm
- Width
- 22.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- 12.0 cm
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aviation armament
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- BSA
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- WWI (1914-18)
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
mounted on swivel on airplane for defence against attacking enemy airplanes - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- lettering on top of receiver (under magazine) reads: "A527/A 19/7180[1]"; lettering on top of receiver near rear sight reads: "Lewis Auto Gun/Mod 1914 Pat/71801/A 19/Manufactured by/The Birmingham Small Arms CO LTD/ENGLAND/for/Armes Automatiques Lewis/BELGIUM"; numbering stamped on bolt reads: "C 2830"; lettering stamped into mechanism on left and right sides above trigger reads: "LEFT" & "RIGHT"
- Missing
- see condition report
- Finish
- predom. black; brass locking ring; silver bolt, barrel & unidentified metal component where stock (missing?) joins to receiver; dark brown wood grain pistol grip
- Decoration
- none
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Birmingham Small Arms Co. Ltd., Gun, machine, 1914, Artifact no. 1970.1200, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.1200.001/
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