Cart, battery

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.1025.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: predom. steel & aluminum; wooden battery compartment; rubber cables & tires

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 108.0 cm
Width: 82.0 cm
Height: 94.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Servicing
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

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

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: unknown but might plausibly have been in use in 1930's or 1940's
Canada: Unknown
Function: connected by cable to weak on-board battery to provide electrical power to start airplane engine
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: main mfr. plate on motor is so damaged that no meaningful data can be extracted/ lettering on plate located beside main mfr. plate reads: "USE ONLY CHAMPION HO-14 S/SPARK PLUGS DO NOT USE STAND/ARD AIRCRAFT PLUGS AS GAP OF/APPROXIMATELY 012" IS TOO CLOSE/THIS ENG[INE REQUI]RES A GAP SETTING/026" [illegible] IS IMPRACTICAL TO/OPEN [illegible] STANDARD AIR-/CRAFT PLUG"; lettering on plate on fuel tank reads: "FUEL/TO STOP/ENGINE/SHUT OFF/FUEL/MIX 1/2 PINT/SAE30 OIL/TO ONE GAL/90 TO 100/OCTANE/GASOLINE"; raised lettering on gas cap reads: "FILL THIS/CAP FOUR TIMES/WITH/GRADE 62 OIL FOR/EACH GAL GAS/MIX/THOROUGHLY"; lettering on plate attached to bracket connecting motor to frame of cart reads: "SWITCH TO BE ON ONLY/WHEN BOTH POWER PLANT/AND AIRPLANE GENERATORS/ARE RUNNING"
Missing: N/A
Finish: yellow handle, frame & battery compartment; black motor-generator with grey exhaust system & gold hose; white face on volt meter; black tires; black & white cables
Decoration: none

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Unknown Manufacturer, Cart, battery, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1966.1025, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.1025.001/

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