Meter, watt-hour

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OBJECT TYPE: recording
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.3062.001

MANUFACTURER: Thomson Houston Electric Co.
MODEL: Thomson Recording
LOCATION: Lynn, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 817
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Cast metal casing has black wrinkle-texture finish; bronze, copper, and other metal components; natural and coated fabric covering on windings; rubber [?] endpieces on single squared winding; paper meter face.

Dimensions

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

Length: 26.0 cm
Width: 18.5 cm
Height: 26.0 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: Thomson Houston
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Lynn

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Late 19th c.
Canada: Part of OH collection.
Function: Measuring power demand.
Technical: Early electric meter from an important manufacturer; rare.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: Paper meter face bears illustration of three circular meter faces 1-9, divided and labelled at intervals of 1, and identified [left to right] "10,000.", 1,000.", and "100."; also marked on paper is "No. 817. Const. ~ 150/ Ca p 30 Amp/ 52 Volts." Paper tags tied to frame [now removed for storage in Supp. Info. file] marked "Thomson/ A 20" and "A20
Missing: Unknown
Finish: Cast metal casing has black wrinkle-texture finish; bronze, copper, and other metal components; natural and coated fabric covering on windings; rubber [?] endpieces on single squared winding; paper meter face.
Decoration: N/A

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Thomson Houston Electric Co., Meter, watt-hour, after 1890, Artifact no. 1992.3062, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.3062.001/

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