Gas Meter
name: label: maker
content: American Meter Company
label: maker
content: D. McDonald and Company
notes: label: Description
content: A metal tag on the front of this gas meter reads “D. MC DONALD & COMPANY.” An inscription on the gauge reads "The American Meter Co. New York." Donald McDonald (ca. 1809-1892) was an immigrant from Scotland who settled in Albany and, with his brother, began making wet gas meters in 1855. The firm of D. & H. McDonald became D. McDonald & Co. in 1857. It later became a part of the American Meter Company.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from D.C. Public Schools
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.326941
label: catalog number
content: 326941
label: accession number
content: 264801
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gas Meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: gauge: 3 in; x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: tank: 30.5 cm x 20.3 cm; 12 in x 8 in