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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0756.002

MANUFACTURER: FOREST ELECTRIC CO.
MODEL: PORTOSTAT
LOCATION: Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: WOOD HANDLE; METAL PROBE; RUBBER? WIRE COVERING

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: FOREST
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Newark

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1930 INTO 1950'S
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: Unknown
Technical: BATTERY LOAD TESTING WAS OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE FOR CARE OF BATTERIES OPERATING IN CANADIAN WINTER; IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO DETERMINE CONDITION OF BATTERY BEFORE COLD WEATHER OCCURRED. DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH EQUIPMENT WAS SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO YEAR-ROUND USE OF AUTOMOBILE IN CANADA (REF. 1).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None apparent
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: HANDLE ORIGINALLY PAINTED BLACK, METAL FINISH OBSCURED BY CORROSION, BLUE WIRE COVERING
Decoration: N/A

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