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andrew
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Username: andrew
Post Number: 901
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 - 05:22 pm: | 
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I received the following:
quote:Greetings,
So, here is my Questions: I have a Waterman Marine Motor Co. engine, 4 Hp. Does anyone know it`s date of manufacture from it`s serial number. .....# 310. ??
Also it has a Kingston carburetor on it, Can someone explain the function of the five brass balls inside.
Lastly, what was the original color of these engines ?
Thanks, Bob
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Scott Peters
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| | Posted on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 07:17 am: |
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Waterman Marine Motor Company produced the first commercially successful outboard motors. The company was located at 1506-1512 Fort W. in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan. The company was incorporated on November 5, 1906 with a capital of $40,000. Cameron B. Waterman, the inventor and developer, served as president. Harvey Miller was the vice-president and treasurer and L. K. Butler was the secretary.
The company also built inboard powered canoes.
Sources:
Polk, R. L. & Co. Detroit City Directory, 1911 (Detroit, MI: R. L. Polk & Co., 1911.) p. 98.
Homfeld, Max F. 753 Manufacturers of Inboard Marine Engines (St. Michaels, MD: Max F. Homfeld, 1991.) p. 13. |
bill s
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| | Posted on Tuesday, October 05, 2004 - 08:28 am: |
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the balls are to allow more air flow (but not fuel) as speed increases, thus keeping the proper fuel to air ratio. |
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