Meter, watt-hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CHEMICAL
- DATE
- 1882
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1326.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- EDISON
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD CASING WITH METAL DOOR & FITTINGS, METAL, WOOD & GLASS COMPONENTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 24.0 cm
- Width
- 13.0 cm
- Height
- 27.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Energy-electric
- Category
- Measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
MEASURES AMOUNT OF DIRECT CURRENT USED - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF A VERY EARLY TYPE OF WATT-HOUR METER, WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN RATHER AWKWARD & TIME CONSUMING TO "READ" - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PAINTED ON DOOR 'STANDARD/ 2/ WIRE METER/ NO. 1/ EDISON SYSTEM/ PATENTED'/ HANDWRITTEN ON LABEL INSIDE DOOR '423'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED DOOR; BOX APPEARS TO BE VARNISHED, COPPER, BRASS & SILVER COLOUR PTS, CLEAR, & COLOURLESS LAMP BULB
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Meter, watt-hour, circa 1882, Artifact no. 1992.1326, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1326.001/
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