This is an oscillating piston water meter with a split case, the top of brass and the bottom of cast iron, and serial number 1,833,790, that was made by the National Meter Company in Brooklyn, New York. The Type-7 has a deep iron base designed to neutralize the galvanic action that might occur in some chemical-laden waters. AAX designates a linear register.
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