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OBJECT TYPE: RADIAL
DATE: 1928
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0660.001

MANUFACTURER: ASCO
MODEL: 222
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL/ COPPER WIRE WITH SHELLACKED COTTON COVERING

Dimensions

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

Length: 11.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: 8.8 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. 1928
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 PARTOF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING.
Function: REVOLVING PART OF ELECTROMAGNETIC MECHANICAL DEVICE SUCH AS AUTOMOBILE GENERATOR, IN WHICH ELECTRICAL-MAGNETIC FORCE IS INDUCED.
Technical: EARLY & UNUSUAL RADIAL ARMATURE DESIGN DEVELOPED FOR EARLY MODEL A FORD CARS. IT EMPLOYED 6 FIELD COILS & IN ITS EARLIEST FORM 5 BRUSHES (LATER MORE USUAL 3 BRUSHES). ITWAS KNOWN AS "POWERHOUSE GENERATOR", POSSIBLY DUE TO ITS RADIAL CONFIGURATION RESEMBLING LARGE SYNCHRONOUS POWERHOUSE GENERATING EQ OF TIME (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED LETTERING ON ARMATURE READING "ASCO" & "222"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: GOLD & COPPER COLOURED METAL/ BROWN COTTON
Decoration: N/A

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