Empire Type 7-AAX-H.W. Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1922
name: label: maker
content: National Meter Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is an oscillating piston water meter with split case and serial numbers 1,580,254 (on the lid) and 1,666,207 (on the side). It fit a ⅝” pipe, and was made by the National Meter Company in Brooklyn, N. Y., around 1922. It has a deep base made of iron designed to neutralize the galvanic action of chemical-laden waters. AAX designates a linear register.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Brooklyn
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.325828
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325828
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 7 1/4 in; 21.59 cm x 18.415 cm