Cutter, mica
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ROTARY
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0757.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Oliver, T.H. Electrical Sales & Service
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Aurora, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL BASE/ METAL MOTOR CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC COVERED WIRE & PLUG
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.7 cm
- Width
- 19.5 cm
- Height
- 16.5 cm
- 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
- Oliver
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Aurora
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1930 +
- 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
-
DEVICE ATTACHED TO MACHINE SHOP LATHE & USED TO CUT MICA INSULATION OF ARMATURE OF AUTOMOTIVE GENERATOR, DURING REBUILDING & REPAIR OF GENERATOR. - Technical
-
BY LATE 1940'S, 6-VOLT DC GENERATOR WAS USED ON ALMOST ALL TRUCKS, AUTOMOBILES & BUSES. THEY WERE RELATIVELY SHORT-LIVED DEVICES REQUIRING PERIODIC REBUILDING & MARKET QUICKLY DEVELOPED FOR EXCHANGE & REBUILDING & OF GENERATORS. MACHINES SUCH AS THIS ONE WOULD BE USED IN THAT PROCESS (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON MOTOR READS "JOHNSON'S/ MODEL H 95894/ VOLTS 115 A.C.-D.C./ AMP 1.8/ MADE IN U.S.A. - PATENT NO. 1,588,157/ S.C. JOHNSON & SON/ RACINE, WIS. BRANTFORD, CAN./ W. DRAYTON, ENG. SYDNEY, AUST."
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- METALLIC FINISH/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Oliver, T.H. Electrical Sales & Service, Cutter, mica, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0757, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0757.001/
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