Screwdriver

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1900–1930
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0110.004

MANUFACTURER: Parkinson & Cowan (Gas Meters) Ltd.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: metal and synthetic

Dimensions

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Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Thermal & thermal conductivity
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Parkinson Cowan
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: PROBABLY USED IN THE 1930S AND 1940S
Canada: EXAMPLE OF A GAS CALORIMTER USED BY GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS ON CANADA
Function: USED TO MEASURE AND RECORD, IN B.T.U.'S PER CUBIC FOOT, THE HEATING VALUE OF GAS.
Technical: DEVICE DEVELOPED TO MEASURE THE HEATING VALUE OF GAS TO ENSURE THAT CONSUMERS WERE BEING SOLD GAS THAT WOULD PRODUCE HEATS OF THE REQUIRED TEMPERATURE. THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORDING DEVICES IN THE NMST COLLECTION.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: None eapparent
Missing: N/A
Finish: Corroded metal with yellowish synthetic handle. Both the metal and the synthetic are unstable.
Decoration: N/A

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Parkinson & Cowan (Gas Meters) Ltd., Screwdriver, circa 1900–1930, Artifact no. 1997.0110, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0110.004/

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