General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 GLASS TUBE WITH PAPER SCALE, MERCURY, METAL BALLS/.2 CARDBOARD

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

22.0 cm

Width

2.8 cm

Height

2.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Motorized Ground Transportation

Category

Servicing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

KIMBLE

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

Conshohocken

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1928 +

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

DEVICE USED TO MEASURE TEMPERATURE OF SULPHURIC ACID ELECTROLYTE OF AUTOMOBILE BATTERY; TEMPERATURE READING & RELATED CORRECTION FACTORS WERE THEN USED TO ADJUST SPECIFIC GRAVITY READINGS OF HYDROMETER TO STANDARD BASE.

Technical

BY EARLY 1920'S, BATTERY TESTING BECAME IMPORTANT AREA OF SPECIALIZATION WITH NUMBER OF SPECIALIZED TESTING INSTRUMENTS REQUIRED BY SKILLED BATTERY MAN WISHING TO BUILD BUSINESS (REF. 1).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL READS "Battery Testing Thermometer Fahrenheit Scale Catalog. No. 3200" & "MAD IN U.S.A. BY KIMBLE GLASS COMPANY, CONSHOHOCKEN, PA." WITH CORRECTION INSTRUCTIONS/.2 BLACK STAMPED "-10 TO 130 F."

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

.1 COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS; WHITE PAPER; METALLIC BULB & BALLS WITH RED SUBSTANCE

Decoration

N/A