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- Sunbury Daily Item Newspaper for May 20, 1916 -
- May 20, 1916
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Sunbury Daily Item Newspaper for May 20, 1916
- Bergmann & Company Edison Chemical Meter, Used at the City Hotel, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 1883 - To make money selling electricity, Thomas Edison had to know how much his customers used. This meter used electricity to plate zinc onto electrodes. By weighing the electrodes to see how much zinc had accumulated, Edison's company could calculate how much electricity was being used. This meter was used as part of Edison's first three-wire distribution system in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
- 1883
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Bergmann & Company Edison Chemical Meter, Used at the City Hotel, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 1883
To make money selling electricity, Thomas Edison had to know how much his customers used. This meter used electricity to plate zinc onto electrodes. By weighing the electrodes to see how much zinc had accumulated, Edison's company could calculate how much electricity was being used. This meter was used as part of Edison's first three-wire distribution system in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
- Insulated Wire Hook, Used in Sunbury, Pennsylvania -
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Insulated Wire Hook, Used in Sunbury, Pennsylvania
- Ashcroft Manufacturing Company Indicator used at Sunbury Three-Wire Power Station, 1883 -
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Ashcroft Manufacturing Company Indicator used at Sunbury Three-Wire Power Station, 1883
- L Type Edison Dynamo at the Sunbury, Pennsylvania Edison Illuminating Company, 1883 -
- 1883
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L Type Edison Dynamo at the Sunbury, Pennsylvania Edison Illuminating Company, 1883
- Starting Rheostat - Rheostats vary the amount of electrical resistance in a circuit. They proved beneficial as the use of electrical power expanded in the late 1800s. Among their many applications, rheostats helped motors start safely, controlled motor speed, maintained a constant current in battery chargers, and adjusted volume and light levels. This rheostat was used as part of Edison's first three-wire distribution system in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.
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Starting Rheostat
Rheostats vary the amount of electrical resistance in a circuit. They proved beneficial as the use of electrical power expanded in the late 1800s. Among their many applications, rheostats helped motors start safely, controlled motor speed, maintained a constant current in battery chargers, and adjusted volume and light levels. This rheostat was used as part of Edison's first three-wire distribution system in Sunbury, Pennsylvania.