Wrench

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1979.0394.004

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 4
AKA: Wrench and disk holder
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

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Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Dairying
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Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1930
Canada: Hand-operated cream separators began appearing on Canadian dairy farms in the 1890s and their opeartion becamse part of the daily routine of farm women for many decards. Farm separation ensured that farmers got full value for their butterfat production of their dairy herds, while the seperator's higher butterfat yields stimulated the grown of cream gathering creameries.
Function: Unknown
Technical: Applying centrifugal force to whole milk forces heavier cream from the fluid milk. Cream and skim milk are the resulting products. This separator features conical metal disks that increase the effiency of cream seperation so that only 0.05% of fat remained in the skim milk. This technological innovation was introduced in the 1890s by De Laval and was incorporation by a number of manufactuers.
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Unknown Manufacturer, Wrench, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1979.0394, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0394.004/

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