Register, gas meter
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CUBIC FT/7 DIALS
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0196.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- BRASS PLATES AND GEARS/ SYNTHETIC BACK GEAR AND PLATE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.5 cm
- Width
- 8.0 cm
- Height
- 6.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Metrology
- Category
- Miscellaneous
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
THIS ONE KEPT AT THE STANDARDS DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE AS PART OF ITS LEGAL OBLIGATION TO TEST AND MAINTAIN EXAMPLES OF METERS SOLD COMMERCIALLY IN CANADA. - Function
-
USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A METER, TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF GAS FLOWING THROUGH A SYSTEM IN CUBIC FEET. - Technical
-
DIALS REGISTER VOLUME MEASUREMENT FROM 1 TO 100,000,000 CUBIC FEET. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DIAL PLATE: 'CUBIC/ FEET/ [7 DIALS GRADUATED FROM 0 TO 9]/ [DESIGNATED] 100 1000 10,000 100,000 1,000,000 10,000,000 100,000,000'/ HANDWRITTEN ON BACK: '002-20-537-20'/ SCRATCHED ON BACK: 'TY-90/ SS.'/ STAMPED ON DIAL FACE TWICE '20'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- DIAL PLATE WHITE BAKED ENAMEL WITH BLACK PRINTING/ VARNISHED BRASS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Register, gas meter, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1997.0196, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0196.001/
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