Meter, gas volume
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- OBJECT TYPE
- LABORATORY/3 LITRE
- DATE
- 1930
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0175.001
- MANUFACTURER
- American Meter Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- AL18.3
- LOCATION
- Albany, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 11342
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BODY AND DIAL FACE; GLASS WATER LINE SIGHT BOX AND THERMOMETER
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 32.0 cm
- Width
- 23.0 cm
- Height
- 45.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Volume
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- American Meter
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Albany
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY TECHNICIANS OF THE GOVERNMENT STANDARDS BRANCH - Function
-
USED TO MEASURE AND RECORD THE VOLUME OF GAS OR AIR PASSING THROUGH THE METER IN CUBIC LITRES. - Technical
-
THREE LITRES PER REVOLUTION WITH THREE ACCUMULATIVE POINTERS, SHOWING HOURLY RATE, ALSO ACTUAL CONSUMPTION FROM 1 LITRE TO 1000 CU. LITRES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'AMERICAN/ METER/ CO./ AL18.3 11342/ STAINLESS/ ALBANY, N.Y.'/ PRINTED ON FRONT DIAL PLATE: '3 LITRES/ AMERICAN METER COMPANY, INC./ ALBANY,N.Y.'/ OUTSIDE DIAL 1 TO 3 DIVIDED INTO 100THS; SMALLER DIALS 0 TO 9, DESIGNATED '10 LITRES' '100 LITRES' '1000 LITRES'/ HANDWRITTEN ON TOP: 'GAS LAB'
- Missing
- From CA of 11/19/2001 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
- Finish
- BODY FINISHED WITH GREY ENAMEL PAINT/ DIAL FACE BRUSHED SHINY METAL/ YELLOW GLASS THERMOMETER
- Decoration
- DECORATIVE MFG'S PLATE ON SIDE
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American Meter Co. Inc., Meter, gas volume, circa 1930, Artifact no. 1997.0175, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0175.001/
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