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In 1790 Giovanni Venturi published a paper on a metering device and the meter was invented by Clemens Herschel (1842 - 1930) Pitot Tube. Was first described in 1732 by Henri de Pitot as a device for sensing water velocity and ship speed. HISTORY. Worthington Piston Meter.
Mar 30, 2011 · Except for a few early prototypes—namely that discussed by Frontinus in ancient Rome, and that designed by Leonardo da Vinci in the early sixteenth-century—the water meter story began in the early nineteenth century and expanded along with the growth of urbanization and industrialization.
Apr 14, 2011 · Except for a few early prototypes -- namely that discussed by Frontinus in ancient Rome, and that designed by Leonardo da Vinci in the early sixteenth-century -- the water meter story began...
- Deborah Warner
The inscription refers to Henry R. Worthington (1817-1880), a New York inventor and manufacturer who specialized in pumps and other hydraulic machinery, and whose duplex-piston water meter (covered by U.S. Patent 13,320 of July 24, 1855) was the first successful water meter made in the United States.
Patented in 1855, a device created by Henry R. Worthington can claim to be America’s first water meter—it was durable, accurate, and set the tone for the metering of the future. Today, nearly every home in America has a water meter, with the exception of those on private wells.
It is called a water metre or power metre, and was invented by that ingenious mechanic, Mr. Samuel Huse, of this city, well known for his efficient labors as assistant superintendent of the Cochituate water works Thia machine was originally invented as a water measurer; and this is the first application of it as a motive power, it being fou...
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Sep 27, 2017 · AMR and Drive-By Metering. With the invention of AMR (Advanced Meter Reading) technology, meter readers no longer had to walk down the street.
