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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1900–1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0110.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Parkinson & Cowan (Gas Meters) Ltd.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- England
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- metal
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
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
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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
- brass
- Decoration
- N/A
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Parkinson & Cowan (Gas Meters) Ltd., Washer, circa 1900–1930, Artifact no. 1997.0110, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0110.006/
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