Horn

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OBJECT TYPE
SAFETY/MECHANICAL
DATE
1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1976.0626.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Unknown

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Steel & Brass

Dimensions

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

Length
23.0 cm
Width
12.8 cm
Height
21.5 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
Unknown
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
1910's
Canada
Unknown
Function
A device that produces a loud sound to signal an audible warning to other motorists and pedestrians of a car’s presence.
Technical
Type sample of a manual operated horn that consists of a bell, shaft and push lever; the horn type predates electric horns (KE – notes). The horn is classified as a push lever type because it required the driver’s hand to push a plunger or lever to operate it; the horn could also be operated by turning a crank or wheel instead of a push lever. The horn’s sound differed depending on the manufacturer of the horn. The horn was externally mounted and was used as a warning device in automobiles to warn motorists and pedestrians of the car’s approach or presence and to promote public safety while driving (McMurtry: 3, 5, 20). Push lever horns were popular from 1914 onwards because they were not body-mounted to vehicles like other horns available during the time, such as exhaust whistles (Schultz: 66). First automobile horns were bulb horns and hand klaxons of various designs, mounted conspicuously. Electric automobile horns replaced manual models c. 1920s. Towards the end of the 1930s automobile horns began to be utilitarian only, and were hidden beneath the hood (KE – notes: 2002.0190.001).
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
N/A
Missing
None
Finish
Black painted body/ brass rimmed horn & plunger & screws/ plane steel shaft for plunger
Decoration
N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Horn, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1976.0626, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1976.0626.001/

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