Theodor Unge was a military engineer who invented a telemeter and various improvements to artillery. In 1778 Georg Friedrich Brander invented the coincidence telemeter. Similar methods can be used to telemeter any analog condition. The first premium rate television services were Phonevision, Telemeter, and SubscriberVision, among others. Other bezels feature Telemeter scale, for distance. Another meaning of telemeter is a device used to remotely measure any quantity. Viewers could put $1.25 into the Telemeter boxes atop their television sets. A telemeter is a device used to remotely measure any quantity. The load model needs to automatically calculate loads to match telemeter or forecasted feeder currents. By early 1954, the Telemeter subscription system had signed up 148 households. In 1956, he joined Telemeter Magnetic in Los Angeles where he became the company's president. Unlike most early pay television methods, Telemeter did not lease spectrum space. Telemeter was used on a coin-to-box machine connected to any television set.