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- OBJECT TYPE
- 4 CYL/HIGH TENS/SECONDARY WINDING
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0566.001
- MANUFACTURER
- DIXIE
- MODEL
- 46
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 627088
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ZINC ALLOY & BRASS CASING & PARTS/ OTHER METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISTRIBUTOR & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.0 cm
- Width
- 11.7 cm
- Height
- 16.7 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
- DIXIE
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
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
-
DIXIE MAGNETO & ITS TWIN, AERO (970567) WERE AMONG MOST POPULAR FOR USE BY AUTOMOBILE & TRACTOR MFRS. THIS DESIGN OF SIMPLE MANUAL IMPULSE WAS COMMON FOR NUMBER OF YEARS. USE OF BRASS INSERTS IN DIE-CAST BASE WAS TRANSITIONAL PRACTICE, COSTLY HEDGE AGAINST PROBLEM OF FAILURE OF EARLY ZINC DIE-CAST BASES (REF. 1). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INCISED LETTERING ON CASING READS "MADE IN U.S.A./ DIXIE [LOGO]/ 46/ REG. IN. U.S. PAT. OFF/ DIXI REG. IN GT. BR./ REG. IN JAPAN/ MARQUE DEPOSEE/ MADE UNDER ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING PATENTS" (SEE SUPP.INFO. FOR LIST OF PATENTS)/ TAG READS "FROM T.H. OLIVER/ REFRIGERATION & ELECTRIC SERVICE/ PHONE 251, AURORA/ To Mr. Cecil Hare/ Trade-in on Wico SH184"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- PAINTED BLACK/ BRASS COLOURED & METALLIC PARTS/ BROWN SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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DIXIE, Magneto, after 1917, Artifact no. 1997.0566, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0566.001/
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