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- OBJECT TYPE
- 4 CYL/HIGH TENS/SECONDARY WINDING
- DATE
- 1908
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0561.001
- MANUFACTURER
- American Bosch Magneto Corp.
- MODEL
- AT4-1C
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 3534440
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ZINC ALLOY DIE-CAST BODY/ BRASS STRIP COVERING MAGNETS/ OTHER METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC END PIECE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 9.5 cm
- Height
- 16.0 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
- Bosch
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1914
- 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 BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
PART OF IGNITION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. IT USES MAGNETIC FIELD TO PRODUCE ELECTRIC SPARK WHICH EXPLODES GASOLINE VAPOUR IN CYLINDER OF ENGINE, ENABLING IT TO FUNCTION. - Technical
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SMALL, MORE COMPACT LIGHTWEIGHT MAGNETO WITH SOPHISTICATED UNITARY BODY CASTING WHICH MARKS BOSCH AS AHEAD OF FILED IN CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES. AMERICAN BOSCH WAS LEADER IN AUTO ELECTRIC FIELD FROM ITS EARLIEST YEARS, ITS PRODUCTS SETTING STANDARDS OF DESIGN & PERFORMANCE (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- CAST LETTERING ON BRASS PLATE READS "AMERICAN/ BOSCH/ MAGNETO CORP'N./ MADE IN U.S.A. SPRINGFIELD, MASS." WITH PATENT INFO & GUARANTY WARNING NOTICE AT ENDS/ CAST & INCISED LETTERING ON BASE READS "AMERICAN/ BOSCH/ MAGNETO CORPORATION" & "AT4 1C/ NO. 3534440/ MADE IN U.S.A." ON ONE SIDE & "AT4 1C/ MADE IN U.S.A." WITH PATENT DATES ON OTHER SIDE
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BRASS COLOURED PLATE/ METALLIC BODY & PARTS/ RED-BROWN SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- CAST BOSCH LOGOS ON BRASS PLATE & ON EACH SIDE OF BASE
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American Bosch Magneto Corp., Magneto, after 1908, Artifact no. 1997.0561, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0561.001/
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