Meter, watt-hour

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OBJECT TYPE: REVENUE/POLYPHASE
DATE: 1911
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0561.001

MANUFACTURER: Packard Electric Co. Ltd.
MODEL: PK
LOCATION: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 43286
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GLASS

Dimensions

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

Length: 36.8 cm
Width: 16.0 cm
Height: 14.2 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: Packard
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: St. Catharines

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: THIS ONE WAS KEPT AT THE DEPT. OF TRADE ANDCOMMERCE, STANDARDS BRANCH, IN OTTAWA AS PART OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO TEST AND MAINTAIN EXAMPLES OF METERS SOLD COMMERCIALLY IN CANADA.
Function: A METER WHICH INTEGRATES, OR SUMS UP, THE SUCCESSIVE VALUES OF POWER SUPPLIED THROUGH IT TO A DISTRIBUTING CIRCUIT & REGISTERS THE SUMS OF THESE VALUES IN COMMERCIAL UNITS; IT MEASURES THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ENERGY USED.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE READING 'POLYPHASE METER/ TYPE PK/ THE PACKARD ELECTRIC CO. LIMITED/ ST. CATHERINES, ONT./ AMPERES 5/ CYCLES 60, VOLTS 200/ NO. 43286, PAT 7-14-03/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING'/ GREEN IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'S172'/ GREY PAINTED '034'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK PAINTED CASING/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE DIAL WITH BLACK MARKINGS
Decoration: N/A

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Packard Electric Co. Ltd., Meter, watt-hour, circa 1911, Artifact no. 1984.0561, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0561.001/

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