The podcast “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” (“110 Stories, 110 Objects”) covers the 110 years of history of Instituto Superior Técnico, through its past, present and future objects.

A collection of objects related to different fields, such as science, music, arts and sports, is the starting point for conversations with people who will tell us more about the history of these objects.

A new episode is released every week. The podcast “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” (“110 Stories, 110 Objects”) is part of the Público newspaper podcasts.

Today’s episode (#89) – 7th April 2023: “110 Histórias | 110 Objetos” (“110 Stories, 110 Objects”) – Aron’s electricity meter.

Aron’s electricity meter is one of the pioneering instruments that, at the end of the 19th century, allowed to efficiently measure and record the amount of electric energy consumed by each user. It worked with “remarkable precision”, and was the “first electricity meter that really worked well”. Maybe that’s why the object won a competition in 1885 for the purchase of the first 100 electricity meters for a Berlin neighbourhood. Only Thomas Edison, with far more experience in the field, was competing against Hermann Aron. The secular object can be found in the Faraday Museum, at Técnico – Alameda campus.

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