Automatic boiler water gauge
- maker:
- Dewrance and Company Limited
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Dewrance and Wall's patent, 1888-1904, automatic protected boiler water gauge, Catalogue No.44, on mahogany stand
This is a water gauge for monitoring the water level inside a steam boiler, embodying several improvements in detail, patented by Messrs. J. Dewrance and G. H. Wall between 1888 and 1904.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- 1910-56
- Materials:
- mahogany, brass (copper, zinc alloy) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 890 mm x 210 mm x 360 mm,
overall (Gauge Glass): 390 mm x 90 mm x 80 mm,
- type:
- gauge
- credit:
- Dewrance and Co.