Igniter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAKE & BREAK
- DATE
- 1905
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0555.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.0 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Height
- 16.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive engineering
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1905
- Canada
-
FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING AT WILLYS-OVERLAND & FAIRBANKS-MORSE IN TORONTO, & IN AUTO GARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGANHIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
PART OF ELECTRIC IGNITION SYSTEM OF STATIONARY INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WHICH STARTS COMBUSTION OF FUEL, ENABLING ENGINE TO FUNCTION. - Technical
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POSSIBLY MORE THAN ANY OTHER MECHANISM, SIMPLE IGNITER MADE ELECTRIC IGNITION FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVE FOR IGNITING FUEL IN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE AT TURN OF CENTURY. IGNITER WAS POPULAR BUT SHORT-LIVED MECHANISM USED ON STATIONARY ENGINES, SEEN AS RELIABLE AS WELL AS MAINTAINABLE BY OWNER (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON CLIP READWS "PAT. APRIL 23 0? (POSSIBLY 09)/ FAHANESTOCK"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Igniter, circa 1905, Artifact no. 1997.0555, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0555.001/
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