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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0745.015

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 15
Total Parts: 16
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

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Lexicon

Group: Motorized Ground Transportation
Category: Servicing
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Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1929 +
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: DEVICE USED IN AUTO SERVICE FACILITY TO TEST DC 6 VOLT AUTOMOTIVE GENERATORS, HIGH TENSION MAGNETOS, CURRENT CUTOUTS & REGULATORS, VOLTAGE CONTROLS, DISTRIBUTORS, COILS & CONDENSERS. IT WAS ALSO USED AS POWER SOURCE FOR SEPARATE TEST STAND (970744) WHICH TESTED SINGLECYLINDER OSCILLATING & TRIP MAGNETOS.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF TEST EQUIPMENT USED AUTO REPAIR SHOP, BUILT IN SHOP, PARTLY OF FACTORY MFD. COMPONENTS & PARTLY OF PIECES FABRICATED IN SHOP (REF. 1). OF SPECIAL INTEREST IS.2 UNIVERSAL COMPRESSION COUPLER WHICH WAS HAND-CUT, FILED & POLISHED FROM 3/8 IN. SOLID STEEL BY H. OLIVER BASED ON ALLEN DESIGN (REFS. 1 & 3)
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Finish: Unknown
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