Westinghouse "Shallenberger" watt-hour meter
date: label: date made
content: ca 1889
name: label: maker
content: Shallenberger
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Instrument is mounted on a deteriorated wooden base. Tag reads: "built by Shallenberger himself." Donor indicated that this tag was found with the meter. The unit has the rough appearance of a prototype or a bench-top test unit. Reference: US Patent 449003, "Meter for Alternating Electric Currents," issued 24 March 1891 to Oliver B. Shallenberger.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co., thru C. F. Wagner
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.315974
label: catalog number
content: 315974
label: accession number
content: 223204
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Watt-Hour Meter
label: Object Name
content: watthour meter
label: Object Name
content: watt-hour meter cover
label: Object Name
content: watt-hour meter
label: Other Terms
content: Watt-Hour Meter; Measuring Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 6 in; 24.13 cm x 19.05 cm x 15.24 cm