6" Steel-tube Pressure Gauge
- Made:
- 1921 in Manchester
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6" Steel-tube Pressure Gauge, graduated to 1500 lbs. per sq. in., with glass dial showing interior, no.5695831
This is the Bourdon type pressure gauge, using a dial pointer to magnify the deflection of a spiral tube as it is filled with a pressurised fluid, and as it is intended for high pressures steel is used for the tube.
Details
- Category:
- Motive Power
- Object Number:
- 1921-727
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), glass, paper (fibre product) and ink
- type:
- pressure gauges
- credit:
- Budenberg Gauge Company Limited
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