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Title: Fundamental Principles Of Diaphragm Displacement Meters
Author: Richard H. Schieber
Source: 1988 International School of Hydrocarbon Measurement
Year Published: 1988
Abstract: The first gas company in the United States, The Gas Light Company of Baltimore, Maryland, founded in 1816, struggled for years with financial and technical problems while operating on a flat-rate basis. Its growth was slow, its charge for gas service beyond the pocketbook of the majority. By comparison, the New York Gas Light Company founded in 1823 prospered and expanded. They had built their system on the use of gas meters to measure the supply of gas to customers, and a large one to register the quantity made at the station before it is conveyed to the gasometers. The pattern of operation used by this New York company was quickly copied by other companies throughout the east coast, including the Baltimore company. Seeing the success in New York businessmen formed new gas companies in Albany, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, etc. and the new industry in the United States began to flourish. Since this early beginning, meters and measurement instrumentation have been an important, integral element in every phase of gas industry operations. Various types of meters are used, each serving a definite purpose and meeting a specific requirement. This discussion will deal with positive displacement diaphragm meters.

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