Torch

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.1019.001

MANUFACTURER: Turner Brass Works
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Camore, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: blowtorch
Patents: N/A
General Description: metals (including brass); rubber; wood; synthetic (bakelite ?)

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: 12.0 cm
Height: 18.7 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Industrial Technology
Category: Tools-Hand
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Turner
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Camore

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Part of a collection of refrigeration parts and service items from Dr. G. Leslie Oliver. Dr. Oliver added to and documented a collection begun by his late father, of household and automobile technology. Dr. Oliver's father, T.H. Oliver established a refrigeration & electric service business in Aurora, Ont. 1924, the first and oldest such organization in York Region. In 2000, the business was sold but continues to operate under the T.H. Oliver name.
Function: Produces hot, concentrated flame which can be directed.
Technical: Halide (alcohol) torches were routinely used to detect ethyl-chloride & freon leaks in refrigeration system. Natural gas, acetylene and propane may also be used as fuel sources with halide torches. Alcohol fuelled torches produced a colourless flame which turned green when the leak-detector tube pricked up small amounts of methyl chloride: larger concentrations produced a brilliant blue flame. (Ref. 3)
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "THE TURNER/ BRASS WORKS/ [graphic]/ TRADE MARK/ CAMORE, ILL." stamped into pressure pump knob. "TURNER BRASS WORKS/ SYCAMORE, ILL." cast in raised print on blower knob. Gold colour, silver colour, red and black decal on torch body front is badly damaged, with large areas missing/illegible: reads in part "[TUR]NER/ [TRADE M]ARK/ OF/ QUALITY/ SINCE 1871/ [T]HE TURNER BRASS WORKS/ Camore, Illinois/ U.S.A."
Missing: Structurally, torch appears complete. Most of mfr's decal applied to torch body is damaged/missing.
Finish: White metal, bright brass and darkened metal finishes; black painted finish on wooden handle insulating sleeve; black rubber tubing; dark brown bakelite(?) adjustment knob on blower.
Decoration: N/A

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Turner Brass Works, Torch, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1998.1019, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.1019.001/

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