Water Current Meter
name: label: maker
content: Ott
notes: label: Description
content: Albert Ott was a precision instrument maker in Bavaria who began in business in 1880, and was later joined by his sons, Herman and Ludwig. Over the years, the firm collaborated with many distinguished European hydraulic engineers.
label: Description
content: A tag on the lid of this water current meter reads “A. OTT Kempten-Allgau." A plate on the front is marked "To our hydrometrical collaborator Professor STEPONAS KOLUPAILA in gratitude for valuable scientific work A. OTT, MATH. MECH. INSTITUT KEMPTEN / BAVARIA." A plate on the inside of the lid reads "Herrn Professor S. Kolupaila in Dankbarkeit gewidmet von der Firma A. OTT in Kempten Bayern Juli 1946."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PH.328631
label: catalog number
content: 328631
label: accession number
content: 273383
objectType: label: Object Name
content: current meter
label: Object Name
content: OTT current meter
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall; cylindrical case: 23 7/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 in; 60.6425 cm x 13.97 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall; rectangular case: 12 in x 22 3/4 in x 6 3/8 in; 30.48 cm x 57.785 cm x 16.1925 cm