Hersey F. Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: 1908
name: label: maker
content: Hersey Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: The Hersey Manufacturing Company introduced this type of disc meter in 1901. The firm described it as a “positive displacement meter of the nutating type” that was compact, accessible, able “to do a large amount of service at the lowest possible cost, and “adapted for use on all services where accuracy, reliability and durability are required.” This example—a ⅝” meter with a capacity of 20 gallons per minute—was the smallest of several sizes made. The serial number (321,930) dates from 1908.
label: Description
content: Ref: Hersey Manufacturing Company, <i>Hersey Disc Water Meter. Model F Meter</i> (July 1, 1926).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Water
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content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
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content: Natural Resources
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content: Water Meters
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content: Measuring & Mapping
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: A. A. Hirsch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.325846
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325846
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 5/8 in x 7 1/2 in; 16.8275 cm x 19.05 cm