Heater, engine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ground/portable/gasoline burning
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2004.0390.001
- MANUFACTURER
- American Air Filter Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Moline, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 47371
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- predom. non-ferrous metal (possibly aluminum) steel bolts, screws, chains & base
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 144.0 cm
- Width
- 51.5 cm
- Height
- 62.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Airport operations
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- American Air
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Moline
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
gasoline powered device to pre-heat piston airplane engines in Arctic - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- raised lettering on mfr. plate on housing reads: "HEATER GROUND PORTABLE/GASOLINE BURN[ING]/RATING [engraved] 400,000/SPEC. NO. [engraved] [?]520606/STOCK NO. [engraved] 6200-3334[?]/MFRS. NO. [engraved] 81400-1/SERIAL NO. [engraved] 47371/CONTRACT [engraved] AF 83 8001 16583/HERMAN NELSON DIVISION/AMERICAN AIR FILTER CO. INC./MOLINE, ILLINOIS U.S.A./U.S. PROPERTY/NO. 2,4[?]1,371 & PATS. PENDING"; raised lettering on second plate immediately below prev. plate reads: "REGISTRATION NO." (lower portion of plate missing); operating instructions for heater & electric motor on 2 plates on under side of cover - see SI
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- yellow base & handles; housing (re-)painted yellow & blue-black at different times - remnants of both remaining over partially exposed metallic gray underneath; red gasoline reservoir cap partially painted over with yellow; internal parts incl. electric motor painted yellow with red & black knobs
- Decoration
- none
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American Air Filter Co. Ltd., Heater, engine, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2004.0390, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2004.0390.001/
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