Prover, flow

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OBJECT TYPE: PIPE/LOW PRESSURE
DATE: 1949
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0230.001

MANUFACTURER: ROCKWELL MFG. CO.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 641
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 13
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: ALUMINUM PIPE WITH BRASS FITTING/ CASE WITH VELVET LINING AND METAL HARDWARE/ LEATHER POUCHES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 80.0 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 13.0 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Hydrostatics & fluid mechanics
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: ROCKWELL
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Oklahoma
City: Tulsa

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS ONE USED FROM THE LATE 1940'S TO THE 1980'S BY THE STANDARDS DIVISION
Canada: SAMPLE OF INSTRUMENT USED FOR FIELD TESTING BY THE GAS SECTION OF THE STANDARDS BRANCH/ SHIPPING LABEL ON BOX IS FROM VANCOUVER, ELECTRICITY & GAS INSPECTIONS, TO STANDARDS BUILDING IN OTTAWA, DATED 23-01-84
Function: USED FOR THE ACCURATE DETERMINATION OF FLOWRATE TO PROVE LOW PRESSURE GAS METERS IN THE FIELD.
Technical: THE FLOW PROVER IS CONNECTED TO THE OUTLET OF THE METER TO BE TESTED SO THAT THE SAME VOLUME OF GAS IS PASSED THROUGH THE POSITIVE METER & THE FLOW PROVER. BY COMPARING THE INDICATED RATE OF FLOW THROUGH THE METER & THE PROVER THE AMOUNT OF ERROR IN THE METER CAN BE DETERMINED. [REF 1 PG 5]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE ON END: 'L.P. FLOW PROVER/ ROCKWELL/ R [LOGO]/ SERIAL NO. 641/ ROCKWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY/ TULSA, OKLAHOMA'/ PLATE INSIDECASE: 'DOMINION OF CANADA/ DEPT*
Missing: DIFFERENTIAL GAGE; STOP WATCH From CA of 02/22/2002 by Matthew Bruce: No - appears complete
Finish: PIPE PAINTED MATTE BLACK, TEXTURED/ STORAGE BOX BLACK WITH BLUE VELVET LINING
Decoration: N/A

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ROCKWELL MFG. CO., Prover, flow, circa 1949, Artifact no. 1997.0230, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0230.001/

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