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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRONIC
- DATE
- 1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0313.001
- MANUFACTURER
- TELXON
- MODEL
- PTC-790/RFO-83-065/64
- LOCATION
- Houston, Texas, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 8104-84-16579
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 SYNTHETIC CASING, BUTTON, PARTS; METAL PARTS/.2 SYNTHETIC CASE WITH METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 28.0 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 9.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Lighting Technology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- TELXON
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Texas
- City
- Houston
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1985-1990
- Canada
-
EQUIPMENT USED BY GAS PRODUCER & DISTRIBUTOR CONSUMERS' GAS OF TORONTO, INCORPORATED IN 1848 TO SUPPLY LIGHTING TO CITY OF TORONTO. AFTER 1880, IN FACE OF INCREASING COMPETITION WITH & EVENTUALREPLACEMENT BY ELECTRIC LIGHTING, CG BEGAN SUPPLYING GAS AS FUEL FOR DOMESTIC APPLIANCES & LATER FOR HEATING. - Function
-
INSTRUMENT USED BY GAS COMPANY PERSONNEL TO READ GAS METER. - Technical
-
THIS IS EXAMPLE OF "PORTA PROCESSOR", ELECTRONIC METER READER USED 1985 TO 1990 BY CONSUMERS' GAS. IT WAS REPLACED IN 1990 BY "ITRON" SYSTEM WHICH USES "DATA CAP" HAND HELD RECORDER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 GREY LETTERING ON FRONT READS "TELXON PTC-790"; LABEL ON BACK READS "TELXON MADE IN U.S.A./ SERIAL NO. 8104-84-16579/ MODEL RFO 83-65/64"; LABEL WITH U.S & FOREIGN PATENT INFO. (SEE LIST N SUPP. INFO.); BARCODE LABEL READING "698163/ 01/29/90"; BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON BUTTONS; LABELS READING "SPARE" & "110"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- .1 BLACK WITH BLUE, RED, WHITE BUTTONS, WHITE CONTROL FUNCTION LABEL/.2 BLACK WITH METALLIC HARDWARE
- Decoration
- N/A
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TELXON, Reader, meter, circa 1985, Artifact no. 1998.0313, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0313.001/
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