Box, spark plug

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OBJECT TYPE: SINGLE GAP/1 PIECE/1 1/8 IN. HEX
DATE: 1917
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0612.001

MANUFACTURER: Champion Spark Plug Co. of Canada Ltd.
MODEL: C-4
LOCATION: Windsor, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CARDBOARD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 3.5 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: Champion
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Windsor

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1935
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: CONTAINER FOR SPARK PLUG, 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: CARTON FOR EARLY SPARK PLUG IN EXTRA-LONG PATTERN, WHICH WAS SOON TO BE ABANDONED IN PREFERENCE TO SMALLER PLUGS (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING READING "GUARANTEED/ DEPENDABLE/ CHAMPION/ SPARK/ PLUG", "EXTRA RANGE/ CHAMPION/ SPARK PLUGS", "CHAMPION/ C-4/ 7/8 INCH/ 1 1/8" HEX."
Missing: COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR SPARK PLUG
Finish: BLUE & WHITE
Decoration: N/A

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Champion Spark Plug Co. of Canada Ltd., Box, spark plug, after 1917, Artifact no. 1997.0612, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0612.001/

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