BOYCE MOTOMETER STANDARD MODEL WITH WINGED ALUMINUM RADIATOR CAP EXCELLENT for Sale

BOYCE MOTOMETER STANDARD MODEL WITH WINGED ALUMINUM RADIATOR CAP EXCELLENT For Sale

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BOYCE MOTOMETER STANDARD MODEL WITH WINGED ALUMINUM RADIATOR CAP EXCELLENT:
$79.31

Presented for thecollector of vintage automobilia is this fine Boyce Motometer with the original winged radiator cap dating from the 1920\'s. This fine motometer is from a large collection of them that I\'ve recently acquired. Please keep checking for others as I list them. This motometeris in untouched, uncleaned, as-found condition with a great patina. I believe this particular specimen is the \"Standard Model\" and it is attached to the original, aluminum, \"winged,\" radiator cap. The motometer itself measures about 3 1/4inches in diameter. The wings on the radiator cap terminate in what appear to be wheels. The theme is most apropos! The frame of the motometer is stamped with the \"BOYCE MOTOMETER\" company name, patent dates, and company address on both sides. The interior graphics are nice and the little celluloid window is intact which is a nice surprise. This superb ensemble is in pretty solid condition. You can\'t beat the design aesthetics of this one! There is, of course, wear and oxidation commensurate with use. The radiator cap measures about7 1/4inches from end to end. It measures about5 1/2inches in height. Theinteriordiameter of the screw threads is about 2 inches. This fine BoyceMotometer would complimentthe buddingor advanced collection alike!

The function and history of the Boyce motometer is nicely described in the following narrative from a secondary source.

\"The Boyce MotoMeter was patented in 1912, and was used in automobiles to read the temperature of the radiator. From then through the late 1920s, the Boyce MotoMeter Company in Long Island City, New York, founded in 1912 by the German immigrant Hermann Schlaich, manufactured a variety of different models which varied in size and design.

The non-pressurized Thermosiphon cooling systems that were widely used until the 1920s led to a low boiling point. The Boyce MotoMeter was a simple device. Although it not always warned about engine overheating in time to prevent damage, it offered for the first time information about the engine temperature from the driver\'s seat.

Motometers were at first aftermarket devices. Later, vehicle builders (not only car manufacturers) began to offer them as standard or optional equipment, and dealerships began to offer them, too, sometimes as give-away or incentive items. The MotoMeter Company soon delivered these with metal dials inside that showed the make\'s or dealer\'s logo and script printed on it. The standard motometer came in three sizes for small cars, medium cars, and large cars and trucks. There were also slight changes to each of the original models and new designs and accessories like hood ornaments, toppers, illuminating devices or locks were added to the line of meters while some others were discontinued. Toppers are small metal castings that fit to a bracket on the motometer. They were used in a similar way as modern decals showing the vehicle owner\'s heritage, profession, preferences, or support his business, his preferred sports, or even a political statement. Toppers were also offered by other novelty producing companies, Ronson among them. Boyce kept several patents on its products and fought infringements.

By 1927 the company was offering a wide variety, but the motometer became soon obsolete when dash-mounted temperature gauges appeared around 1930. Boyce had such a device patented as early as 1917.\"

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