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- OBJECT TYPE
- SINGLE CYL/OSCILLATING/LOW TENS
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0549.001
- MANUFACTURER
- INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CORP.
- MODEL
- L
- LOCATION
- Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 128788
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ZINC ALLOY DIE-CAST BODY/ CAST IRON GEAR WHEEL/ BRASS END PLATES/ OTHER METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 8.6 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
- IH
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Illinois
- City
- Chicago
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1922
- 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
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IHC WAS MAJOR MFR. OF MOTORIZED FARM MACHINERY FROM EARLY IN CENTURY, ALSO MFG. MAJOR PARTS SUCH AS MAGNETO. LESS DURABLE DIE-CAST GEAR WHEEL (970548.1) PREVIOUSLY USED BY IHC HAS BEEN REPLACED BY HEAVY SPOKED CAST-IRON GEAR. LESS EXPENSIVE SEALS HAVE REPLACE EARLIER SPRING LOADED HINGED OILER CAPS (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GREY LETTERING ON EACH SIDE OF PLATE COVERING MAGNETS READS "TYPE-L/ INTERNATIONAL/ HARVESTER/ CORPORATION/ CHICAGO/ U.S.A./ PATENTED JAN. 30, 1917"/ CAST "INTERNATIONAL/ HARVESTER/ CORPORATION/ CHICAGO" ON BASE/ GREY LETTERING ON TOP OF PLATE READS "OIL BEARINGS/ ONCE A DAY"
- Missing
- BRUSH POST/ OILER CAPS
- Finish
- MAGNETS PAINTED BLACK/ METALLIC GREY BODY/ BRASS COLOURED & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK PAINTED METAL STRIP COVERING MAGNETS
- Decoration
- GREY "IHC" LOGO ON EACH SIDE OF PLATE COVERING MAGNETS/ CAST "IHC" LOGO ON BASE
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INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CORP., Magneto, after 1917, Artifact no. 1997.0549, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0549.001/
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