Electric Meter

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Shallenberger Watt-Meter

On 14 August 1888 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Oliver B. Shallenberger received a patent for the watt-hour meter, a device that measured the amount of AC current and made possible the business model of the electric utility.