Spark plug
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1922
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.1090.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- IXA
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predom. steel; terminal appears to be brass; porcelain (?) insulator.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 6.4 cm
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 3.0 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Motive power
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Rotary airplane engines were used during WWI (1914-1918) and the immediate post-war period. Rotary engines were replaced by radial engines by the mid 1920's. This spark plug U.S. Pat. 1921 & 1922.
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Produced spark to ingite fuel in airplane internal combustion rotary engine - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Lettering stamped around circumference near base reads: "B.G. MODEL IXA-C15" GAP/PAT.-S[EPT 6,1921]--MAR.14,1922--OTHERS PENDING".
- Missing
- Washer around base.
- Finish
- Predom. black; brass coloured terminal.
- Decoration
- None.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Spark plug, circa 1922, Artifact no. 1997.1090, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.1090.002/
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