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- OBJECT TYPE
- HEADLIGHT/FUSED
- DATE
- 1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0726.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BODY & PARTS/ BAKELITE PANEL/ GLASS TUBE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.5 cm
- Width
- 4.8 cm
- Height
- 6.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive parts
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1942 +
- 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 AUTOGARAGE IN AURORA, IN 1931 HE BEGAN HIS OWN BUSINESS, ONE PART OF WHICH INVOLVED AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL SERVICING. - Function
-
ELECTRO-MAGNETICALLY ACTUATED ELECTRICAL CONTACT, SERVING AS SWITCH TO TURN AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHTS ON & OFF. - Technical
-
BY EARLY 1940S, MARKET WAS AWASH IN NO-NAME & STENCIL MFRS. OF AUTO-ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT. THIS RELAY, WHILE ELECTRICALLY EQUIVALENT TO 970725, COMES WITHOUT AIR-TIGHT SEALED CONTAINER & OTHER GUARANTEES OF QUALITY (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- NONE
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- GALVANIZED METAL/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Relay, circa 1940, Artifact no. 1997.0726, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0726.001/
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