General Information

Serial #

236248 (.2)

Part Number

2

Total Parts

2

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General Description

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Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Automotive engineering

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Manufacturer

AKA

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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

IHC WAS MAJOR MFR. OF MOTORIZED FARM MACHINERY FROM EARLY IN CENTURY, ALSO MFG. MAJOR PARTS SUCH AS MAGNETO..1 HAS EARLY DIE-CAST GEAR WHICH SHOWS SIGNS OF FAILURE, LEADING TO USE OF HEAVIER CAST IRON OR STEEL GEARS (.2, 970549). METALLURGY OF NON-FERROUS ALLOYS WAS RELATIVELY CRUDE AT THIS TIME & PRODUCTS SOMETIMES POOR.

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