Standard gas flow meter

Made:
1890-1930 in Westminster
maker:
Alexander Wright and Company Limited
Standard gas flow meter, spirometer

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Standard gas flow meter, spirometer
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Standard gas flow meter, spirometer, manufactured by Alex Wright & Co. Ltd, used in oxygen laboratory of Mech. Eng. and Eng. Physics Depts. RAE. Claimed to be 'similar' to a device depicted in testing hydrogen purity an Balloon Factory 1890.

Details

Category:
Farnborough
Object Number:
1993-2451
Materials:
brass
Measurements:
length 460 mm
width 410 mm
height 460 mm
type:
gas flow meter

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