General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

CAST IRON BASE, BRASS CASE WITH GLASS COVER, METAL AND SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

20.3 cm

Height

16.3 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Electricity

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Packard

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

St. Catharines

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY THE 1920S AND 1930S

Canada

THE PACKARD ELECTRIC CO. LTD. STARTED MANUFACTURING WATT-HOUR METERS IN 1902. THEY WERE THE SECOND COMPANY IN CANADA TO MANUFACTURE THIS TYPE OF METER.

Function

USED TO MEASURE AND RECORD THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY BEING CONSUMED IN A CIRCUIT IN WATT HOURS

Technical

WATT-HOUR METERS HELPED TURN ELECTRICITY INTO A BASIC COMMODITY WHICH COULD BE MEASURED AND PURCHASED ACCORDING TO THE AMOUNT USED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED ON GLASS: 'THE/ PACKARD ELEC. CO. LIMITED/ ST. CHATHARINES. ONT.'/ SCRATCHED ON BOTTOM: 'SHUNT/ + OR -/ OUT/ IN/ + OR -'/ 5 DIALS FROM '0' TO '9' MARKED '10.000.000' '1.000.000' '100.000' '10.000' '1.000'/ 'WATT HOURS/ VOLTS [?] - 110/ AMP'S/ ALT'S/ METER NO.'

Missing

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Finish

BASE PAINTED GLOSS BLACK ENAMEL, VARNISHED BRASS, CLEAR GLASS WITH SILVER PRINTING, WHITE SCALE PLATE WITH BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

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