Meter, watt-hour
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- OBJECT TYPE
- REVENUE/INDICATING
- DATE
- 1902–1938
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0067.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Packard Electric Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CAST IRON BASE, BRASS CASE WITH GLASS COVER, METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 20.3 cm
- Height
- 16.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Physics
- Category
- Electricity
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Packard
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- St. Catharines
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY THE 1920S AND 1930S
- Canada
-
THE PACKARD ELECTRIC CO. LTD. STARTED MANUFACTURING WATT-HOUR METERS IN 1902. THEY WERE THE SECOND COMPANY IN CANADA TO MANUFACTURE THIS TYPE OF METER. - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE AND RECORD THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY BEING CONSUMED IN A CIRCUIT IN WATT HOURS - Technical
-
WATT-HOUR METERS HELPED TURN ELECTRICITY INTO A BASIC COMMODITY WHICH COULD BE MEASURED AND PURCHASED ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT USED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PRINTED ON GLASS: 'THE/ PACKARD ELEC. CO. LIMITED/ ST. CHATHARINES. ONT.'/ SCRATCHED ON BOTTOM: 'SHUNT/ + OR -/ OUT/ IN/ + OR -'/ 5 DIALS FROM '0' TO '9' MARKED '10.000.000' '1.000.000' '100.000' '10.000' '1.000'/ 'WATT HOURS/ VOLTS [?] - 110/ AMP'S/ ALT'S/ METER NO.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BASE PAINTED GLOSS BLACK ENAMEL, VARNISHED BRASS, CLEAR GLASS WITH SILVER PRINTING, WHITE SCALE PLATE WITH BLACK PRINTING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Packard Electric Co. Ltd., Meter, watt-hour, between 1902–1938, Artifact no. 1997.0067, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0067.001/
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