Oiler
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DATE
- 1928
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0747.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cushman & Denison
- MODEL
- PERFECT POCKET OILER
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ROLLED BRASS SHEET BODY & CAP/ BRASS PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 10.5 cm
- Width
- 1.8 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Servicing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Cushman Denison
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1928 +
- Canada
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FROM COLLECTION OF AUTOMOBILE PTS & SERVICING EQ ACQUIRED BY MR. T.H. OLIVER, FATHER OF DONOR, DURING CAREER IN AUTOMOTIVE SERVICING. AFTER WORKING ATWILLYS-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
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CONTAINER USED FOR APPLICATION OF LIGHT PENETRATING TYPE OILS TO VARIOUS MECHANICAL DEVICES, INCLUDING MAGNETOS. - Technical
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IN AUTO ELECTRIC FIELD, LIGHT PENETRATING OILS SUCH AS THOSE DISPENSED FROM DEVICES SUCH AS THIS ONE WERE UNSUITABLE FOR ALMOST ALL TASKS WITH EXCEPTION OF PRECISELY BUILT EQUIPMENT LIKE MAGNETOS (E.G. 970548). - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING READING "PERFECT POCKET OILER" ON SIDE/ ALMOST ILLEGIBLE INCISED LETTERING ON INSIDE PROBABLY READS ""CUSHMAN & DENISON N.Y. PAT. 4-89" (SEE 940480)/ INCISED LETTERING ON END PROBABLY READS "MADE IN U.S.A."
- Missing
- COMPLETE - CAP CRACKED
- Finish
- TIN PLATED
- Decoration
- KNURLED END, FLUTED CAP
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Cushman & Denison, Oiler, circa 1928, Artifact no. 1997.0747, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0747.001/
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