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Pressure gauge by Schaffer and Budenberg

Pressure gauge by Schaffer and Budenberg

1880-1920

6" dial steam pressure gauge

6" dial steam pressure gauge

1860

Crosby pressure gauge indicator

Crosby pressure gauge indicator

Bourdon's Pressure Gauge

Bourdon's Pressure Gauge

Bourdon's Pressure Gauge

Bourdon's Pressure Gauge

6" Bourdon type Pressure Gauge

6" Bourdon type Pressure Gauge

1921

German Petrol Pressure gauge. Schaffer and Budenbu

German Petrol Pressure gauge. Schaffer and Budenbu

6" Steel-tube Pressure Gauge

6" Steel-tube Pressure Gauge

1921

Budenberg Pressure Gauge

Budenberg Pressure Gauge

Bourdon tube pressure gauge

Bourdon tube pressure gauge

1983

Early Bourdon Pressure Gauge from winding engine

Early Bourdon Pressure Gauge from winding engine

Motor car tyre pump and pressure gauge

Motor car tyre pump and pressure gauge

1921

Smiths combined oil pressure and water temperature gauge type DB

Smiths combined oil pressure and water temperature gauge type DB

1966

Burden Steam Pressure gauge

Burden Steam Pressure gauge

Smiths oil pressure gauge type PB, 1966

Smiths oil pressure gauge type PB, 1966

1966

Pressure gauge and five specimens

Pressure gauge and five specimens

9" Recording Pressure Gauge reading to 120lbs per sq in.

9" Recording Pressure Gauge reading to 120lbs per sq in.

1921

Aircraft oil pressure gauge 0-40lbs

Aircraft oil pressure gauge 0-40lbs

1910-1920

Oil Pressure Gauge MkVI

Oil Pressure Gauge MkVI

Budenberg received pressure gauge with HI and LO trip contracts

Budenberg received pressure gauge with HI and LO trip contracts

7" Special Low Pressure Gauge (aneroid barometer principle) graduated to 100 hundredths of an inch

7" Special Low Pressure Gauge (aneroid barometer principle) graduated to 100 hundredths of an inch

1921

German Petrol Pressure Gauge DRP

German Petrol Pressure Gauge DRP

Oil Pressure Gauge

Oil Pressure Gauge

Mercurial steam pressure gauge by H. Webster

Mercurial steam pressure gauge by H. Webster

Pneumatic pressure gauge driven by clockwork

Pneumatic pressure gauge driven by clockwork

Air Pressure Gauge MkVI 6563/BR

Air Pressure Gauge MkVI 6563/BR

Bronze Manifold with pressure gauge (0-60 p.s.i.)

Bronze Manifold with pressure gauge (0-60 p.s.i.)

Oil Pressure Gauge MkVI plain glass front

Oil Pressure Gauge MkVI plain glass front

Differential pressure gauge

Differential pressure gauge

Model sea gauge, maker unknown, before 1754. Once belonged to Stephen Demainbray.

Demainbray's model sea gauge

1701-1753

Airship envelope air pressure gauge, from the R101 airship, Henry Hughes and Son Limited, London, England, 1929-1930. This gauge was used to measure the pressure of the air surrounding the gas bags in the R101 airship envelope. The air pressure gauge would have been in the control car with tubing running to the interior of the envelope.

Airship envelope air pressure gauge

1929-1930

Kismet universal tyre tester made by W. Turner & Bros. Ltd., 1925

Motor car tyre pressure gauge

1925

2 Pressure Gauges

Two steam boiler John Inshaw 1856 Patent pressure gauges

1856

Renrut patent quadruple tyre pump, fitted with rubber connection and Renrut patent pressure gauge, made by W.Turner & Co., c. 1920. A non-inventoried sectional drawing of the pump was added in July 1923.

Motor car tyre pump and pressure gauge

circa 1920

Renrut No.10 compound tyre pump, fitted with rubber connection and Renrut patent pressure gauge made by W. Turner & Co., c. 1920. A non-inventoried sectional drawing of the pump was added in July 1923.

Motor car tyre pump and pressure gauge

circa 1920

Pressure gauge, range 0-130 lbs/sq. in., for use with dental vulcanizer, English, 1930-1960

Pressure gauge for use with dental vulcanizer

1930-1960

McNaught's steam pressure gauge

McNaught's steam pressure gauge

Hydraulic pressure gauge (sectioned)

Hydraulic pressure gauge (sectioned)

Mine ventilation pressure gauge

Mine ventilation pressure gauge

Two tyre pressure gauges, one sectioned, mounted on board 16.5" x 13.25"

Tyre pressure gauges on a board

Renrut No.2 single action tyre pump, fitted with rubber connection and Renrut patent pressure gauge made by W.Turner & Co., c. 1920. A non-inventoried sectional drawing of the pump was added in July 1923.

Motor car tyre pump and pressure gauge

circa 1920

Mercurial pressure gauge from beam engine built in 1808 by Boulton Watt and Co., for Reid's brewery, Clerkenwell, London

Mercurial pressure gauge from beam engine 1808

1808

Michelin car tyre pressure gauge

Michelin car tyre pressure gauge

Rigg's bi-fluid pressure gauge for showing minute difference of pressure

Rigg's bi-fluid pressure gauge

Oil pressure gauge, flush panel type. Made by S. Smith & Sons (M.A) Ltd., c. 1936

Oil pressure gauge, flush panel type, for motor vehicle

circa 1936

Webster's diaphragm pressure gauge

Webster's diaphragm pressure gauge

Copper fuel-line with three-way ‘T-piece’ threaded pipe connector and at one end: a pressure gauge, unsigned, Europe, 1970-1973. From high altitude, pressurized hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: with the overall design specification by Julian Nott, England; cabin shell structure designed by Roger Munk at Aerospace Developments, London, England, and Tony Offredi, England; and constructed by Maidboats Limited, Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, 1973. On 25th February 1974, Julian Nott and Felix Pole used ‘Daffodil II’, to break the world hot-air balloon altitude record. They reached a height of 13,961 metres near Lake Bhopal, central India.

Fuel-line with pressure gauge, from hot-air balloon ‘Daffodil II’ cabin: 1974 world altitude record holder

1973

Air Pressure Gauge MkVI 2217/BN

Air Pressure Gauge MkVI 2217/BN

Boost gauge from the Bluebird R.R. engine, 301 m.p.h. Daytona beach

Bluebird R.R. engine boost gauge

1962

Pressure gauge by Finney, with 4 dials, 3 pointers, (and one loose), in carved mahogany frame

Pressure gauge by Finney

1760-1772