General Information

Serial #

W10397

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ZINC ALLOY/ OTHER METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISTRIBUTOR

Dimensions

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

Length

17.7 cm

Width

9.5 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

Edison

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

West Orange

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1950

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

REPRESENTATIVE OF NEW GENERATION OF LIGHT-WEIGHT, COMPACT, POST-WAR CONSTRUCTION FOR NEW GENERATION OF SMALLER, HIGH PERFORMANCE ENGINES FOR FARM & CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT EMERGING IN 1950S & 1960S. FLANGE MOUNTING WAS SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE, ENABLING MAGNETO TO BECOME ALMOST PART OF ENGINE, NO LONGER FREE-STANDING (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON EITHER SIDE READING "EDISON-SPLITDORF CORPORATION/ WEST ORANGE, N.J./ MADE IN U.S.A./ PATENT APPLIED FOR/ SERIAL/ W 10397/ TYPE - RM/ 03177"/ TAG READS "FROM T.H. OLIVER/ REFRIGERATION & ELECTRIC SERVICE/ PHONE 251, AURORA/ To Cards Garage/ March 2, 1951"/ INCISED "RM20RH/ 7468" ON END

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

METALLIC BODY/ BLACK SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A