Spark plug
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SINGLE GAP/1 PIECE/14 MM
- DATE
- 1931
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0608.001
- MANUFACTURER
- AC Spark Plug Co.
- MODEL
- K-12
- LOCATION
- St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 METAL BASE & ELECTRODE, PORCELAIN INSULATOR/.2 CARDBOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.9 cm
- Width
- 2.8 cm
- Height
- 2.8 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
- AC Spark Plug
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- St. Catharines
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1932
- 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; SPARK PLUG IS FITTED INTO CYLINDER OF ENGINE TO PROVIDE PAIR OF ELECTRODES BETWEEN WHICH IS PASSED ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE OR SPARK WHICH IGNITES MIXTURE OF GASOLINE VAPOUR & AIR. - Technical
-
EARLY SPARK PLUG MADE IN CANADA & WITH CANADIAN PATENTS, SUGGESTING THAT GROWTH OF CANADIAN MARKET BY 1916 ATTRACTED MFR. FROM FLINT, MI TO CANADIAN MFG. FACILITY IN ST. CATHERINES, ON. TYPE K12 PLUG WAS USED IN NASH 1930, MODEL 880 TYPE (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 BLACK LETTERING ON PORCELAIN READING "A.C./ K12"/.2 ORANGE, WHITE, & BLACK LETTERING ON BOX END READING "AC/ SPARK PLUGS/ MADE IN CANADA/ K-12" & ON SIDES "AC/ SPARK/ PLUGS/ MADE IN CANADA/ A.C. SPARK PLUG COMPANY ST. CATHERINES, ONTARIO" WITH PATENT INFO.
- Missing
- .2 BOX END
- Finish
- .1 DARK GREY BASE, WHITE PORCELAIN, BRASS COLOURED END PIECE/.2 ORANGE & NAVY BLUE
- Decoration
- N/A
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AC Spark Plug Co., Spark plug, after 1931, Artifact no. 1997.0608, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0608.001/
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