Piston Engine (Model)
notes: label: Description
content: Small piston engine with a "MILVAY / SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT / CHICAGO APPARATUS CO." inscription. The Chicago Apparatus Co. was established in 1908, incorporated in 1909, and by 1920 was boasting that their Milvay Laboratory Apparatus was “Standard for Schools.” Their piston engine model "can be seen by every student in a large class. The spark plug is represented by a small incandescent bulb, colored red, which flashes at the beginning of each explosion stroke, thus producing a most realistic effect. One dry cell operates the lamp, thus doing away with the induction coil used in older models."
label: Description
content: Ref: Chicago Apparatus Co. ad in <i>General Science Quarterly</i> 5 (1920): 192.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0162.09
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0162.09
label: accession number
content: 2001.0162
objectType: label: Object Name
content: piston engine (model)
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 39 cm x 24.3 cm x 17 cm; 15 11/32 in x 9 9/16 in x 6 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/8 in x 9 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 38.4175 cm x 24.13 cm x 13.97 cm