Heater, engine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- KEROSENE/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1946
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0490.001
- MANUFACTURER
- FOSTER, WALLIN ASSOCIATES INC.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Denver, Colorado, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL/ COTTON WICK
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 34.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Servicing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- FOSTER
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Colorado
- City
- Denver
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C.1946-1950
- Canada
-
AN EXAMPLE OF A DEVICE USED TO OVERCOME ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF DRIVING IN CANADA'S SUB-ZERO WINTERS - Function
-
USED TO HEAT AN AUTOMOBILE MOTOR FOR EASIER STARTING IN THE COLD - Technical
-
AN EARLY EXAMPLE OF A BLOCK HEATER; CONTEMPORARY MODELS ARE ELECTRIC AND ARE PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. THIS WAS ALREADY OUTDATED BY 1946 AS ELECTRIC HEATERS AND CIRCULATION PUMPS WERE AVAILABLE C.1938. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON DECAL: 'AUTO MOTOR HEATER/ PATENTED/ WALLIN FOSTER ASSOCIATES INC. 46 DENVER COLORADO'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BODY PRINTED RED/ GOLD DECAL WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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FOSTER, WALLIN ASSOCIATES INC., Heater, engine, circa 1946, Artifact no. 1995.0490, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0490.001/
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