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- OBJECT TYPE
- 4 CYL/HIGH TENS/SECONDARY WINDING
- DATE
- 1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0581.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bosch, Robert AG
- MODEL
- FU4BR-T
- LOCATION
- Germany
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- S550
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ZINC ALLOY CASING/ BRASS & OTHER METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISTRIBUTOR & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.3 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Height
- 14.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Motorized Ground Transportation
- Category
- Automotive engineering
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bosch
- Country
- Germany
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1920
- 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
-
PART OF IGNITION SYSTEM OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE. IT USES MAGNETIC FIELD TO PRODUCE ELECTRIC SPARK WHICH EXPLODES GASOLINE VAPOUR IN CYLINDER OF ENGINE, ENABLING IT TO FUNCTION. - Technical
-
ROBERT BOSCH WAS GERMAN MFR. WHICH SPAWNED MANY DESCENDANTS, SETTING STAGE FOR AUTO-IGNITION INDUSTRY WORLD-WIDE, INCLUDING AMERICAN BOSCH. THIS MAGNETO INCLUDES ORIGINAL CLOTH-IMPREGNATED HIGH TENSION LEADS ILLUSTRATING CONSTRUCTION OF TIMES & NATURAL EFFECTS OF DETERIORATION DUE TO USE (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON CASING SIDE READS "BOSCH/ GERMANY/ ROBERT BOSCH A.-G./ FU4BR-T/ S550"/ CAST LETTERING ON PART READING "ROBERT BOSCH"/ TAG READS "FROM T.H. OLIVER/ REFRIGERATION & ELECTRIC SERVICE/ PHONE 251, AURORA/ To MR. Wilson/ Trade in Salvage"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE - CW CABLE BROKEN INTO SEVERAL PIECES
- Finish
- METALLIC BODY WITH BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED MAGNETS/ RED-BROWN SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- INCISED MFR.'S LOGO ON CASING SIDE
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Bosch, Robert AG, Magneto, circa 1920, Artifact no. 1997.0581, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0581.001/
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