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Nine and a half years later... got a carbide generator at the Luray swap meet. Was rereading a thread where I asked about carbide generators and remember Bob Corio’s painting a picture of pleasing the crowd with magical T skills...

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I’ve read carbide generators were made by Victor, JNO, and some other folks. I’ve found a few pictures of Victors and they appear to have writing along the top and some a brass device at the top to approximate the drip rate. Is this generator a Corcoran or Brown possibly? I don’t see any identifying marks on it.

Thank you for your time,
Darin

John Brown.

Does it have the insides?

Looks like a nice one.

Ken

Definitely Brown or E&J and not any of the others. Ken, how do you tell between Brown and E&J?

Ken,

I believe so... pics of the insides.

Darin

I think Jno. Brown generators have the hooked pointer for adjustment with the circular scale showing drops per minute wherever the sharp tip of the pointer is pointing.

The hook style is Victor, Dan.

That looks like the one on our 14 and we have all 5 Victor lamps. If you use it clean it quickly after each use!! Bud.

You know what, Nikolaus? I think you are absolutely right.

There seem to be two variations of Victor Black & Brass generators.
A smooth top water tank (early) and an embossed (late) with the identification.

It seems the late Victor is the only Black & Brass generator used on Fords
to carry identification. Some "early" Victor's may have brass clamps but I have no pictures of that.
Anyone?

During this time, Thomas Corcoran and his brothers owned both the Victor and Corcoran Lamp Companies.