Cover, cream

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1910
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1979.0495.008

MANUFACTURER: DURHAM MFG. CO. LTD.
MODEL: Oxford
LOCATION: Durham, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 8
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal

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Lexicon

Group: Agriculture
Category: Dairying
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Manufacturer

AKA: DURHAM
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Durham

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CA. 1910
Canada: Durham Manufacturing is an example of one of the many small manufacturers that produced cream separators. These companies advertised in farm papers to introduce their prodcut to farmers in the area. Durham Manufacturing was based in Durham, Ontario.
Function: TO SEPARATE CREAM FROM MILK BY APPLICATION OF A CENTRIFUGAL SYSTEM
Technical: This is an example of a centrifugal cream separator that had baffles in its bowl. The baffles diverted and elongagted the paths of the skim milk and cream through the bowl, resulting in better separation. A well-adjusted baffle bowl separator would leave approximately .1% fat in the skim milk.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: From CA of 07/04/1997 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
Finish: Silver metal
Decoration: N/A

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DURHAM MFG. CO. LTD., Cover, cream, 1910, Artifact no. 1979.0495, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0495.008/

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