Box, spark plug

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1898
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0623.002

MANUFACTURER: REX IGNITION MFG. CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Cardboard

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Automotive engineering
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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: 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

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Missing: N/A
Finish: Unknown
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REX IGNITION MFG. CO., Box, spark plug, after 1898, Artifact no. 1997.0623, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0623.002/

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