Igniter

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OBJECT TYPE
MAKE & BREAK
DATE
1905
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1997.0555.001
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
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
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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