Empire Type 9-AX Water Meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900-ca 1941
name: label: maker
content: National Meter Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is an oscillating piston water meter with frost-proof bottom and serial number 2,034,810. The meter fit a ⅝” or ¾” pipe, and was made by the National Meter Company in Brooklyn, N. Y. Type-9 designates a shallow base. AX designates a round 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.325829
label: accession number
content: 245003
label: catalog number
content: 325829
objectType: label: Object Name
content: water meter
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/4 in x 1/4 in; 20.955 cm x .635 cm