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Gas meter. A gas meter is a specialized flow meter, used to measure the volume of fuel gases such as natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas. Gas meters are used at residential, commercial, and industrial buildings that consume fuel gas supplied by a gas utility. Gases are more difficult to measure than liquids, because measured volumes are ...
However President Grover Cleveland made low tariffs the centerpiece of Democratic Party policies in the late 1880s. His argument is that high tariffs were an unnecessary and unfair tax on consumers. The South and West generally supported low tariffs, and the industrial East high tariffs. [73]
This is a list of French tariffs. 1806: Continental System; 1860: Cobden–Chevalier Treaty; 1881: French tariff of 1881; 1885: French tariff of 1885; 1887: French tariff of 1887; 1892: Méline tariff; 1968: European Economic Community (Common External Tariff completed 1 July)
the development of high-pressure gas mains, and compressors (1900s); these were capable of efficiently transporting gas over long distances, allowing one manufactured gas plant to supply a relatively large area – leading to the concentration of gas-manufacturing operations, instead of their geographic distribution; this resulted in gas-works ...
The 39 categories were much the same as in 1806, with the main emphasis on fabrics. Cashmere products were exhibited, but the jury noted that they could not compete in price with products made in India. Silk products showed advances in dying to create white and Prussian blue silk. New machines for carding and refining wool were displayed. [30]
The traditional ‘Made in France’ label is an incontestable draw for customers – the Pro France Ifop survey [3] (September 2018) reported that two thirds of French people ‘often’ or ‘systematically’ take the product’s origin into account when they buy a product or service, and that three quarters of French people would be ...
The pipeline network managed by GRTgaz covers all of France except the southwest corner. It includes: a primary network spanning a distance of 8,346 km at the end of 2015: composed of the largest pipes (diameters from 400 mm to 1,200 mm and pressure from 67.7 to 95 bar, varying periodically),
1919: The company opens a new factory at Stretford, Manchester to manufacture gas meters. 1928 The company is renamed Parkinson and Cowan. [2] Henry Cowan, Unionist member of parliament, is chairman around this time. [3] 1937: Parkinson and Cowan (Gas Meters) Ltd is a listed exhibitor at the British Industries Fair.