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2020 - Buenos Aires - Water Company Palace - 12 of 14

One final shot fom Palacio de las Aguas Corrientes (Water Company Palace) museum collection, a venturi water meter manufactured by Geo. Kent Ltd, under patents from Clemens Herschel & Builders Iron Foundry.

 

Geo. Kent Ltd was established by George Kent in London, England 1838.

 

Clemens Herschel (23 March, 1842 – 01 March, 1930) was an American hydraulic engineer. Herschel is best known for developing the Venturi meter, the first large-scale, accurate device for measuring water flow.

 

Herschel was awarded the Elliott Cresson medal in 1889 by the Franklin Institute for his development of the Venturi water meter.

 

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