Mercurial pressure gauge from beam engine built in 1808 by Boulton Watt and Co., for Reid's brewery, Clerkenwell, London
This steam gauge was attached to the cylinder jacket of a rotative beam engine supplied by Messrs. Boulton, Watt & Co., in 1808, to Messrs. Reid's brewery, Clerkenwell, where the boiler pressure was 5 lb. above atmosphere. This gauge represents the arrangement in general use till about 1850, when the continual increase in pressure led to the adoption of dial gauges.
Mercurial pressure gauge from beam engine 1808
This steam gauge was attached to the cylinder jacket of a rotative beam engine supplied by Messrs. Boulton, Watt & Co., in 1808, to Messrs. Reid's brewery, Clerkenwell, where the boiler pressure was 5 lb. above atmosphere. This gauge represents the arrangement in general use till about 1850, when the continual increase in pressure led to the adoption of dial gauges.
Mercurial pressure gauge from beam engine 1808
This steam gauge was attached to the cylinder jacket of a rotative beam engine supplied by Messrs. Boulton, Watt & Co., in 1808, to Messrs. Reid's brewery, Clerkenwell, where the boiler pressure was 5 lb. above atmosphere. This gauge represents the arrangement in general use till about 1850, when the continual increase in pressure led to the adoption of dial gauges.
