Spark plug
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- OBJECT TYPE
- SINGLE GAP/2 PIECE/7/8 IN./18 SAE
- DATE
- 1898
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0623.001
- MANUFACTURER
- REX IGNITION MFG. CO.
- MODEL
- 3
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
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, COPPER WASHER/.2 CARDBOARD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 9.4 cm
- Width
- 3.0 cm
- Height
- 3.0 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
- REX
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1900
- 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
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PRIMITIVE PLUG IN POLISHED ALLOY STEEL, OF 2 PIECE CONSTRUCTION, KNOWN TO FIT ENGINES IN EARLY 1900S UP TO 1912 (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 RED LOGO READING "REX" ON PORCELAIN, INCISED LOGO ON BASE/.2 BLUE & RED LETTERING ON BOX END READS "Style No. 3/ 1/8-18 Alam/ PRICE $1.25"; RED, WHITE & GREY LETTERING ON SIDES READS "REX IGNITION MFG. CO./ 1779 BROADWAY NEW YORK", THE PLUG OF QUALITY/ TRADE REX MARK/ SPARK PLUG", "THE REX PLUG IS GUARANTEED/ PERFECT IN WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIAL/ ALSO AGAINST BREAKAGE OF PORCELAIN/ BY HEAT. WE WILL REPLACE ANY/ DEFECTIVE PLUG FREE OF CHARGE/ PAT. OCT. 18. 1898"
- Missing
- .2 BOX END
- Finish
- .1 POLISHED STEEL, BRASS COLOURED ELECTRODE, WHITE PORCEALIN, COPPER COLOURED WASHER/.2 RED & WHITE
- Decoration
- .2 B&W ILLUSTRATION OF SPARK PLUG
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REX IGNITION MFG. CO., Spark plug, after 1898, Artifact no. 1997.0623, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0623.001/
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