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- Thomson-Houston Recording Wattmeter, 1889-1892 - Elihu Thomson, engineer, inventor and cofounder of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, developed a commutator-type wattmeter in the late 1880s. His recording watt-hour meter helped transform the nascent electric power industry. The sturdy device provided companies that supplied electricity to consumers a way to accurately track and bill electrical power use.
- 1889-1892
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Houston Recording Wattmeter, 1889-1892
Elihu Thomson, engineer, inventor and cofounder of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, developed a commutator-type wattmeter in the late 1880s. His recording watt-hour meter helped transform the nascent electric power industry. The sturdy device provided companies that supplied electricity to consumers a way to accurately track and bill electrical power use.
- Thomson-Houston Regulator, 1883-1892 -
- 1883-1892
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Houston Regulator, 1883-1892
- Thomson-Houston Current Indicator, circa 1889 -
- circa 1889
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Houston Current Indicator, circa 1889
- Thomson-Houston Regulator, 1883-1892 -
- 1883-1892
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Houston Regulator, 1883-1892
- Thomson-Houston Current Indicator, 1889-1892 -
- 1889-1892
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Houston Current Indicator, 1889-1892
- Thomson-Houston Extension Plug, 1883-1892 -
- 1883-1892
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Houston Extension Plug, 1883-1892
- Thomson-Houston Meter, circa 1890 -
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Houston Meter, circa 1890
- Thomson-Houston Type A Lightning Arrester, 1885-1892 - In the late 1800s, companies began producing electricity to light cities, run streetcars, and power factories, homes and offices. A potential danger to this power system and its apparatus was lightning and other large discharges of electricity. A lightning arrester diverts the surges and protects valuable equipment from damage.
- 1885-1892
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Houston Type A Lightning Arrester, 1885-1892
In the late 1800s, companies began producing electricity to light cities, run streetcars, and power factories, homes and offices. A potential danger to this power system and its apparatus was lightning and other large discharges of electricity. A lightning arrester diverts the surges and protects valuable equipment from damage.
- Thomson-Houston Recording Wattmeter, 1890-1892 - Elihu Thomson, engineer, inventor and cofounder of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, developed a commutator-type wattmeter in the late 1880s. His recording watt-hour meter helped transform the nascent electric power industry. The sturdy device provided companies that supplied electricity to consumers a way to accurately track and bill electrical power use.
- 1890-1892
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Houston Recording Wattmeter, 1890-1892
Elihu Thomson, engineer, inventor and cofounder of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, developed a commutator-type wattmeter in the late 1880s. His recording watt-hour meter helped transform the nascent electric power industry. The sturdy device provided companies that supplied electricity to consumers a way to accurately track and bill electrical power use.
- Thomson-Rice Voltmeter, 1888 - Nineteenth-century scientists and electrical engineers devised various types of meters to monitor and measure electrical output. Voltmeters, ammeters, and wattmeters became vital tools in the generation and distribution of electrical power, as well as scientific experimentation. Elihu Thomson, a prolific inventor and co-founder of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, along with E. W. Rice developed this accurate and affordable voltmeter.
- 1888
- Collections - Artifact
Thomson-Rice Voltmeter, 1888
Nineteenth-century scientists and electrical engineers devised various types of meters to monitor and measure electrical output. Voltmeters, ammeters, and wattmeters became vital tools in the generation and distribution of electrical power, as well as scientific experimentation. Elihu Thomson, a prolific inventor and co-founder of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company, along with E. W. Rice developed this accurate and affordable voltmeter.