Heater, engine

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OBJECT TYPE: hand held/gasoline
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0858.001

MANUFACTURER: Engineering Tool & Forgings Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: Blow Pot
Patents: N/A
General Description: steel heater coil, shield, lines & valves; brass fuel reservoir, pump & handle; wooden handle grip

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: 16.0 cm
Height: 29.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Airport operations
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Engineering
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: St. Catharines

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: possibly mfr'd. & used in 1930's or 1940's
Canada: allowed for starting of airplane engine under extremely cold conditions, which made winter flying & exploration & development of Canada's north possible
Function: used by Air Engineer to heat the block of an aircraft engine under cover of a tent
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on adhesive mfr's label affixed to reservoir reads: "[illeg.]/[MA]DE [I]N CANADA/BY/ENGINEERING TOOL/& FORGINGS LIMITED/ST. CATHARINES/ONTARIO"; lettering stenciled in paint on side of reservoir reads: "D-1"; lettering hand painted on side of reservoir reads: "GC2122"
Missing: none visible
Finish: metallic gray with brass reservoir tank; red mfr's sticker with black lettering; red & black painted numbers; bright red handle grip
Decoration: none

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Engineering Tool & Forgings Ltd., Heater, engine, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1991.0858, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0858.001/

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