"Residential construction is the most important factor that underlies the growth of this market,"
valued at $1.78 billion, and other totalizing fluid meters and counting devices valued at $171 million.
These establishments employed over 19,200 people
Approximately 223 U.S. establishments manufactured totalizing fluid meters and counting devices in the late 1990s
manufacturing meters for registering or tallying quantities of fluids, motor vehicle measuring instruments, and instruments for counting the frequency of items or events.
In the late 1990s, these nonautomotive counters and timers accounted for almost $428 million of the value of the industry's shipments
the use of "non-intrusive" measuring devices that do not change the characteristics of the fluids they measure; improved meter maintenance performance through advanced diagnostic techniques;
Canada, Mexico, Japan, United Kingdom, and Germany, and the top five import countries were Mexico, Japan, Canada, United Kingdom, and Germany.
derived from the motor vehicle instrument sector, which produced speedometers, tachometers, odometers, fuel level gauges, water temperature gauges, ammeters, oil pressure gauges,
include American Meter Co. (more than $100 million in sales), Badger Meter, Inc. ($143.8 million in 1998 sales), Daniel Industries, Inc. ($283.2 million in 1998 sales), Engineering Measurements ($9.7 million in 1999 sales),
The invention of early counting devices cannot be attributed to a single individual, as various cultures developed their own methods independently. The abacus, one of the earliest counting devices, dates back to ancient Mesopotamia and was used by civilizations such as the Egyptians and Greeks. Other early counting tools include tally sticks and counting boards, which emerged in different regions over time. These devices laid the groundwork for more advanced mathematical tools and concepts.
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