Cover, meter

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OBJECT TYPE: watt-hour
DATE: 1890
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.3062.002

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

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Silver metal cover painted black: has clear glass view window; cast metal name plate and stamped metal plate fixed to cover; paper label in upper right corner.

Dimensions

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

Length: 21.1 cm
Width: 18.0 cm
Height: 25.8 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: To contain and protect contents.
Technical: Cover for early electric meter from an important manufacturer; rare.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "MANUFACTURED BY/ THOMSON- HOUSTON/ ELECTRIC CO." cast in raised print on plate fixed to case front. "4" printed by hand on case front. "EARLY THOMSON RECORDING WATTMETER" stamped into metal plate fixed to top of cover. "Prof./ Elihu/ Thomson" printed by hand in black ink on off-white paper label applied to upper right corner of casing lid.
Missing: Unknown.
Finish: Silver metal cover painted black: has clear glass view window; cast metal name plate and stamped metal plate fixed to cover; paper label in upper right corner.
Decoration: N/A

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Thomson Houston Electric Co., Cover, meter, after 1890, Artifact no. 1992.3062, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1992.3062.002/

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