General Information

Serial #

612

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME WITH GLASS SIDES/ METAL, MAINLY BRASS, WORKING PARTS/ PORCELAIN DIAL FACES/ PAPER CHART

Dimensions

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

Length

70.5 cm

Width

42.7 cm

Height

126.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Thermal & thermal conductivity

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Parkinson Cowan

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY USED IN THE 1930S AND 1940S

Canada

EXAMPLE OF A GAS CALORIMTER USED BY GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS ON CANADA

Function

USED TO MEASURE AND RECORD, IN B.T.U.'S PER CUBIC FOOT, THE HEATING VALUE OF GAS.

Technical

DEVICE DEVELOPED TO MEASURE THE HEATING VALUE OF GAS TO ENSURE THAT CONSUMERS WERE BEING SOLD GAS THAT WOULD PRODUCE HEATS OF THE REQUIRED TEMPERATURE. THIS IS ONE OF THE EARLIEST RECORDING DEVICES IN THE NMST COLLECTION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: 'RECORDING/ GAS CALORIMETER/ (BEASLEY'S PATENTS)/ NUMBER 612/ TYPE C.E.I.C./ DATE 1929/ MADE IN ENGLAND'/ ON TOP DIAL: 'BEASLEY PATENT/ RECORDING/ GAS-CALORMETER/ W. PARKINSON & CO.,/ INCORPORATED IN/ PARKINSON & COWAN (GAS METERS) LTD./ [ROMAN NUMERAL CLOCK DIAL]'/ BOTTOM DIAL: 'W. PARKINSON & CO.,/ INCORPORATED IN/ PARKINSON & COWAN (GAS METERS) LTD/ GAS ENGINEERS/ HOURLY RATE BY OBSERVATION/ OF ONE MINUTE/ [SCALE FROM.1 TO 2 IN TENTHS]'/ STAMPED IN CHART SUPPORT ARM: 'C.E.I.C./ B.T.U.'S PER CUBIC FOOT/ CORRECTED TO 60 [DEGREES]F. AND 30" BAR:/ GROSS VALUE/ [SCALE] 700 600 500 400 300'

Missing

none apparent

Finish

CASE FRAME, BACK AND VARIOUS OTHER METAL PIECES PAINTED GLOSS BLACK/ OTHER BRASS AREAS LACQUERED/ WHITE DIAL FACES WITH BLACK PRINTING/ WHITE PAPER/ CLEAR GLASS SIDES

Decoration

N/A