Papers relating to pressure measurement, especially the instruments of Lucien Vidie

Made:
1844-1944
maker:
Hunt, Leslie Bernard

Comprise offprint of Hunt's article in Jnl. of Scientific Instruments 21, 1944 'The History of Pressure Responsive Elements'; numerous patent specifications; details of court case of 1858 between Lucien Vidie and Eugene Bourdon relating to invention of aneroid barometer; translation of 1849 German article relating to the Schinz steam pressure gauge for locomotives; notes relating to Bourdon's 1851 paper to the Institute of Civil Engineers on a new metallic manometer and photograph of Bourdon's manometer and of Vidie.

Details

Extent:
1 folder
Identifier:
MS/2055
Access:
Open Access