spark coil

American  

noun

Electricity.

1. a coil of many turns of insulated wire on an iron core, used for producing sparks.

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spark coil British  

noun

1. an induction coil used to produce spark discharges

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Etymology

Origin of spark coil

First recorded in 1895–1900

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spark coil

The big brother took another degree, A. M. The young brother accepted his fortune and buckled down to work, for a shoe company, an optical company, the General Electric Co., a spark coil company.

From Time Magazine Archive

He tinkered away industriously for a moment, and when I continued to stand there watching him, he inquired solemnly: "A hen has no spark coil, has it?"

From Hempfield A Novel by Grayson, David

I'll know better next time than to leave my boat at the dock without taking out the connection at the spark coil, so no one can start the motor.

From Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]

By using an ordinary telephone transmitter and receiver and a 1/2-in. jump spark coil, a complete wireless telegraph station may be made, which will send or receive messages for a radius of one mile.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

Connect one of the wires from a battery to a spark coil and then to the spark plug.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.