Meter, gas volume
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DRY
- DATE
- 1922
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0172.001
- MANUFACTURER
- ROBINSON, J.H. & CO. (L'POOL) LTD.
- MODEL
- EXCELALL
- LOCATION
- Liverpool, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 142695
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHEET STEEL BODY/ GLASS DIAL COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.5 cm
- Width
- 20.0 cm
- Height
- 37.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Volume
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- ROBINSON
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Liverpool
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- USED FROM 1922
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE/ POSSIBLY MADE IN CANADA AS LEITH N.B. IS ONE OF THE LOCATIONS FOR COMPANY LISTED ON FRONT PANEL [SEE MARKINGS] - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE AND RECORD THE VOLUME OF GAS FLOWING THROUGH THE METER IN CUBIC FEET. - Technical
-
GAS METERS ALLOWED THE SUPPLIERS OF GAS TO CHARGE CUSTOMERS FOR THE AMOUNT OF GAS CONSUMED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOLDED IN FRONT: 'J.H. ROBINSON & CO. (L'POOL) LTD./ EXCELALL/ LUBRICATED METER/ CAPACITY 22 PER REV/ 90 CUBIC FEET PER HOUR/ NO 3/ NO 142695 1922/ LIVERPOOL, DUBLIN, STOCKPORT/ & LEITH, N.B.'/ MOLDED IN TOP: 'INLET'/ PRINTED ON DIAL PLATE: 'PATENT/ 160484/21/ 167710/21/ CUBIC FEET/ [ON EACH DIAL] EACH DIVISION 10,000/ 100 000 PER REVS/ EACH DIVISION 1000/ 10 000 PER REVS/ EACH DIVISION 100/1000 PER REVS'/ STICKER ON FRONT: 'DO NOT REMOVE/ Holding unit/ 205C/ E.D.R./ 63952 [ALSO IN FRENCH]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED MATTE RUST COLOUR
- Decoration
- HAS A GOLD PAINTED MANUFACTURE'S INFORMATION SECTION IN CENTRE OF FRONT
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ROBINSON, J.H. & CO. (L'POOL) LTD., Meter, gas volume, 1922, Artifact no. 1997.0172, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0172.001/
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