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Aug. 14, 1888: I Sing the Meter Electric
wired.com — 1888: Oliver B. Shallenberger receives a patent for the electric meter. There's no free lunch. You'll get an electric bill. When Thomas Edison started selling electricity for illumination in 1882, he charged per lamp. He soon replaced that with a complicated chemical ampere-hour meter.
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