Gas Meter
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1900
name: label: maker
content: American Meter Company
notes: label: Description
content: This gas meter has a 4-inch diameter dial with two indicators. The case is tin plate, painted maroon with gold design. The inscription reads “AMERICAN METER CO. / NEW YORK PHILA.” This firm was formed in 1863.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Columbia University Department of Physics
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CH.322961
label: catalog number
content: 322961
label: accession number
content: 249200
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Gas Meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 44.5 cm x 22.5 cm x 22.8 cm; 17 17/32 in x 8 27/32 in x 8 31/32 in