Prover, flow

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OBJECT TYPE
PIPE/LOW PRESSURE
DATE
1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1997.0230.001
MANUFACTURER
ROCKWELL MFG. CO.
MODEL
Unknown
LOCATION
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
641
Part Number
1
Total Parts
13
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
ALUMINUM PIPE WITH BRASS FITTING/ CASE WITH VELVET LINING AND METAL HARDWARE/ LEATHER POUCHES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
80.0 cm
Width
N/A
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
13.0 cm
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Physics
Category
Hydrostatics & fluid mechanics
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
ROCKWELL
Country
United States of America
State/Province
Oklahoma
City
Tulsa

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
THIS ONE USED FROM THE LATE 1940'S TO THE 1980'S BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION
Canada
SAMPLE OF INSTRUMENT USED FOR FIELD TESTING BY THE GAS SECTION OF THE STANDARDS BRANCH/ SHIPPING LABEL ON BOX IS FROM VANCOUVER, ELECTRICITY & GAS INSPECTIONS, TO STANDARDS BUILDING IN OTTAWA, DATED 23-01-84
Function
USED FOR THE ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF FLOWRATE TO PROVE LOW PRESSURE GAS METERS IN THE FIELD.
Technical
THE FLOW PROVER IS CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF THE METER TO BE TESTED SO THAT THE SAME VOLUME OF GAS IS PASSED THROUGH THE POSITIVE METER & THE FLOW PROVER. BY COMPARING THE INDICATED RATE OF FLOW THROUGH THE METER & THE PROVER THE AMOUNT OF ERROR IN THE METER CAN BE DETERMINED. [REF 1 PG 5]
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
PLATE ON END: 'L.P. FLOW PROVER/ ROCKWELL/ R [LOGO]/ SERIAL NO. 641/ ROCKWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY/ TULSA, OKLAHOMA'/ PLATE INSIDECASE: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ DEPT*
Missing
DIFFERENTIAL GAGE; STOP WATCH From CA of 02/22/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish
PIPE PAINTED MATTE BLACK, TEXTURED/ STORAGE BOX BLACK WITH BLUE VELVET LINING
Decoration
N/A

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ROCKWELL MFG. CO., Prover, flow, circa 1949, Artifact no. 1997.0230, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0230.001/

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