Bell Gasoline Saver
date: label: date made
content: ca 1915-1920
name: label: Associated Name
content: Page, Robert Newton
label: Associated Name
content: Saunders, Edward Watts
label: maker
content: Bell Gasoline Saver Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: The Bell Gasoline Saver was manufactured by the Bell Gasoline Saver Company, Inc. of Washington, DC around 1917. The device screwed into the intake manifold and had a ball valve on each end. The upper valve could be adjusted by a set-screw to prevent the ball from being sucked into the engine. Bell claimed that the optimal airflow allowed for carbon elimination, more power, and less gasoline consumption.
label: Description
content: As more and more Americans took to the wheel, they often tinkered with their cars so that they more effectively suited their needs, or to overcome early automobiles' very obvious limitations. A users could buy kits that converted Model T's into a stationary engine, lights, turn signals, anti-theft devices, and a host of other products that the makers of auto accessories touted as essential and useful. Although not all of them worked, or were successful, some of these early add-ons, became standard features on later cars.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States: District of Columbia
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Howard Cayton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0971.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0971
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0971.01
label: catalog number
content: 86.0971.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0971
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gasoline Saver
label: Other Terms
content: Gasoline Saver; Road
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: stainless steel (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 2 in x 1/2 in; 11.43 cm x 5.08 cm x 1.27 cm