Meter, watt-hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PREPAYMENT/AC
- DATE
- 1906
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.0578.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ferranti Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Hollinwood, England
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General Information
- Serial #
- 251603
- 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
- 31.8 cm
- Width
- 26.0 cm
- Height
- 15.5 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
- FERRANTI
- Country
- England
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Hollinwood
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THIS ONE WAS KEPT AT THE DEPT. OF TRADE AND COMMERCE, STANDARDS BRANCH, IN OTTAWA AS PART OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO TEST AND MAINTAINEXAMPLES OF METERS SOLD COMMERCIALLY IN CANADA. - Function
-
A WATT-HOUR METER WITH A DEVICE INTO WHICH COINS ARE INSERTED, CLOSING THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO PROVIDE ENERGY FOR A SPECIFIED LENGTH OF TIME - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING 'PATENT ALTERNATING CURRENT/ METER NO. 251603/ 5 AMP., 110 VOLTS, 60 CYCLES/ 40 REVS PER MINUTE = 550 WATTS/ FERRANTI LD/ HOLLINWOOD LANCASHIRE'/ PLATE WITH OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS/ PLATE WITH PATENT NUMBERS/ GREEN IMPRESSION STAMPED LABEL READING 'S156'/ GREY PAINTED '058'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED METAL/ BLACK SYNTHETIC/ WHITE DIAL WITH BLACK MARKINGS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ferranti Ltd., Meter, watt-hour, after 1906, Artifact no. 1984.0578, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0578.001/
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