Meter, gas volume
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0173.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- III
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 979995
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SHEET STEEL BODY/ BRASS PLATE/ GLASS DIAL COVER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 35.0 cm
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- 39.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Volume
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PROBABLY THE 1950S AND 1960S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF GAS METER USED IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE AND RECORD THE VOLUME OF GAS FLOWING THROUGH THE METER IN CUBIC FEET. - Technical
-
WITH REFERENCE TO PLATE ON FRONT, POSSIBLY USED FOR TESTING OF THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF METER BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON FRONT: 'Meter Type III/ CuFt per Rev. 0.35/ Hourly Capacity norm 350 Cu. Ft/ max 635 Cu. Ft/ Nr 979995 1955'/ ON DIAL PLATE: '0000006/ CUBIC FEET'/ STICKER ON FRONT: 'DO NOT REMOVE/ Holding unit/ 205C/ E.D.R./ 63951 [ALSO IN FRENCH]'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- PAINTED MATTE GREY
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Meter, gas volume, 1955, Artifact no. 1997.0173, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0173.001/
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