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OBJECT TYPE: GASOLINE
DATE: 1920
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1988.0147.001

MANUFACTURER: PERCIVAL PLOW & STOVE CO. LTD.
MODEL: PERCIVAL
LOCATION: Merrickville, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & OPERATING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC & GLASS PARTS/ WOOD BASE.

Dimensions

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

Length: 176.0 cm
Width: 98.0 cm
Height: 80.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Power sources
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: PERCIVAL
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Merrickville

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1920-1950
Canada: AN EXAMPLE OF A CANADIAN MANUFACTURER'S PRODUCT MADE IN CANADA.
Function: AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE USED AS A POWER SOURCE.
Technical: A LOCAL EXAMPLE OF A GAS ENGINE MANUFACTURED TO SATISFY A LOCAL MARKET.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE READING: 'THE/ PERCIVAL/ PERCIVAL PLOW &/ STOVE CO., LTD./ MERRICKVILLE, ONTARIO'/ CAST LETTERING ON PULLEY READING 'BERNARD'S/ PAT. JULY 1914/ FRICTION PULLEY'/ PLATE ON TANK READING: 'JANNEY-STEINMETZ'/ 'JASCO'/ SAFETY FIRST/ TANKS/ PAT & T.M./ PHILA. & NEW YORK'.
Missing: N/A
Finish: RED PAINTED CASING/ BRASS COLOURED PARTS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC/ UNFINISHED WOOD.
Decoration: N/A

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PERCIVAL PLOW & STOVE CO. LTD., Engine, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1988.0147, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0147.001/

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