Meter, watt-hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REVENUE/AC/CYCLOMETER REGISTER
- DATE
- 1910
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0254.001
- MANUFACTURER
- BAT Electrical Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- France
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 86766
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON CASE/ GLASS COVER/ METAL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 19.5 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Height
- 11.0 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
- BAT
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY USED IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20THC
- Canada
-
THIS ONE TESTED AND KEPT AT THE DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE STANDARDS BRANCH IN OTTAWA AS PART OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATION TO TEST AND MAINTAIN EXAMPLES OF METERS SOLD COMMERCIALLY IN CANADA. - Function
-
USED TO REGISTER THE SUM OF THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES OF POWER SUPPLIED THROUGH IT TO A DISTRIBUTING CIRCUIT IN COMMERCIAL UNITS. IT MEASURES THE TOTAL ELECTRICAL ENERGY USED. - Technical
-
100 VOLTS; 60 CYCLES; 15AMPS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'PATENT NO. 2098/ "BAT" ELECTRICITY-METER/ MADE IN FRANCE/ NO. 86766 VOLTS 100/ AMPS 15 [CYCLES] 60/ 1 DISC REVOLUTION = 0.417 WATT-HOUR'/ ON DIAL PLATE: 'K.W./ 000,21/ Board of Trade Units'/ DYNOTAPE: 'S 203'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- CASE PAINTED MATTE BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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BAT Electrical Co., Meter, watt-hour, circa 1910, Artifact no. 1997.0254, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0254.001/
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