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- OBJECT TYPE
- VISIBLE
- DATE
- 1934
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0728.002
- MANUFACTURER
- McGraw-Edison Co.
- MODEL
- AGC4
- LOCATION
- St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS TUBE; BRASS END CAPS; METAL ALLOY FUSE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Electricity & electronics
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- McGraw Edison
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Missouri
- City
- St. Louis
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1934 +
- Canada
-
FROMCOLLECTION 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
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USED IN AUTOMOBILE ELECTRIC LIGHTING SYSTEM. FUSE IS SAFETY DEVICE IN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT & CONTAINS METAL ELEMENT WHICH MELTS WHEN CURRENT EXCEEDS SPECIFIC AMPERAGE, BREAKING CIRCUIT & SO PREVENTING DAMAGE. - Technical
-
THIS TYPE OF FUSE WAS USED IN AUTO-ELECTRIC LIGHTING CIRCUITS TO PROTECT BATTERY. EARLY FUSIBLE-LINK GLASS FUSES REPRESENT SIGNIFICANT LEVEL OF MFG. PRECISION IN CONSTRUCTION & CALIBRATION. SLIDE-OPEN METAL BOX FOR EASY OPENING WAS MARKETING APPROACH AIMED AT DEALERS & PUBLIC (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .4 BLACK LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE BOX BOTTOM READS "BUSSMAN MFG. DIVISION, McGraw-Edison Co.,/ St. Louis, Mo. Made in U.S.A." & ON END "Five AGC 4/ FORMERLY CALLED 3AG"/ BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON TOP READING "Electricity's/ Safety Valve/ BUSS/ FUSES/ Each of these fuses has been/ electronically tested to/ assure proper operation/ and full protection." & ON SIDES OF TOP "BUSS fuses are also made in/ industrial and household types" & "If it's worth protecting/ it's worth a BUSS Fuse"
- Missing
- 2 OF 5 FUSES FORM PACKAGE
- Finish
- .1-.3 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS, TIN-PLATED CAPS, GREY FUSE/.4 PAINTED YELLOW, BLUE, BLACK
- Decoration
- .4 B&W DEPICTION OF FUSE
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McGraw-Edison Co., Fuse, circa 1934, Artifact no. 1997.0728, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0728.002/
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