Spark plug
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SINGLE GAP/1 PIECE/14 MM
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0613.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Electric Auto-Lite Ltd.
- MODEL
- A-5
- LOCATION
- Sarnia, 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, COPPER WASHER, 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
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- 2.5 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
- Autolite
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Sarnia
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1955
- 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
-
LATER SPARK PLUG CHARACTERISTIC OF FIELD BY MID-CENTURY. AC & CHAMPION SHARED MOST OF MARKET FROM 1920S THROUGH 1940S BUT AS SPARK PLUGS BECAME MAJOR CONSUMER ITEM, OTHER SUPPLIERS MOVED IN. AUTO-LITE WAS SUPPLIER OF ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS TO MANY MFRS. SINCE 1918, BUT STARTED MAKING SPEAK PLUGS MUCH LATER (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 RED LETTERING ON PORCELAIN READS "AUTO-LITE/ +A5+"; INCISED LETTERING ON BASE READS "MADE IN/ CANADA"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON BOX ENDS READS "AUTO-LITE/ SPARK PLUG/ A-5/ 14 MM"; NAVY BLUE, YELLOW, RED, & WHITE LETTERING ON BOX SIDES READS "AUTO"MADE IN CANADA PRINTED IN CANADA/ AUTO-LITE/ ELECTRIC AUTO-LITE LIMITED SARNIA, ONTARIO/ REGISTERED TRADE MARK/ GUARANTEED PERFORMANCE", "AUTO-LITE/ SPARK PLUG/ GUARANTEED PERFORMANCE", "AUTO-LITE/SPARK PLUG/ IGNITION ENGINEERING"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 DARK GREY BASE, WHITE PORCELAIN, BRASS COLOURED ELECTRODE, COPPER COLOURED WASHER/.2 NAVY BLUE, YELLOW, RED
- Decoration
- N/A
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Electric Auto-Lite Ltd., Spark plug, circa 1955, Artifact no. 1997.0613, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0613.001/
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