spark coil
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of spark coil
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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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
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.
The intense heat of the oven had thoroughly dried these, so that they were again in working condition, together with the spark coil.
From When the Cock Crows by Baily, Waldron
Don't try to operate your spark coil with 110-volt direct lighting current without connecting in a rheostat.
From The Radio Amateur's Hand Book by Collins, A. Frederick (Archie Frederick)
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
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