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OBJECT TYPE: SHUNT FIELD WINDING
DATE: 1935
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0659.001

MANUFACTURER: Auto Starter Ltd.
MODEL: FA7
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 COPPER WIRE WINDINGS COVERED WITH VARNISHED (SHELLAC) COTTON TAPE BINDINGS; FABRIC WIRE COVERINGS/.2 CARDBOARD BOX

Dimensions

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

Length: 15.2 cm
Width: 11.8 cm
Height: 4.8 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: ASCO
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1935
Canada: FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OFDONOR, 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: COIL OF WIRE USED TO PRODUCE MAGNETIC FIELD IN ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICE WHEN CURRENT IS DRIVEN THROUGH COIL, WITH IN THIS CASE WITHIN AUTOMOTIVE GENERATOR.
Technical: EARLY EXAMPLE OF FIELDS COIL WINDING DESIGN FOR BI-POLAR GENERATORS USING AVAILABLE MATERIALS INCLUDING ORGANIC BASED ENAMEL WIRE & COTTON TAPES. THIS TYPE WAS USED ON AUBURN 1934-1936; CORD 1936-1937; DESOTO 1935-1936; DODGE 1935-1936; DURANT 1928-1940; FALCON KNIGHT 1928-1929; HUDSON 1932; LAFAYETTE 1934 (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .2 BLUE LETTERING ON BOX ENDS READING "ASCO/ CODE FA7 [PENCILED]/ AUTO STARTER LIMITED/ TORONTO HAMILTON MONTREAL"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: .1 DISCOLOURED COTTON TAPE; BLACK WIRE COVERINGS/.2 NAVY BLUE & WHITE? BOX
Decoration: .2 BLUE LINING ON BOX END

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Auto Starter Ltd., Coil, field, circa 1935, Artifact no. 1997.0659, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0659.001/

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