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24 April 2014, 03:47 AM
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Manometer gauge - is it from aircraft?
Hi guys, what do you think of this manometer gauge, does it have any remote chance to be from an aircraft? It's quite large and heavy. Thanks!
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24 April 2014, 08:40 AM
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I suspect that this is a scale, not an altimeter. Note the "kilogrammes", which, IIRC is older french spelling of kilogram.
Ooops, see Joe's comment below, I think he is on the right track.
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24 April 2014, 11:34 AM
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I think it is likely to be an air presssure guage for a pre-WWI to mid WWI Era, French automobile with gas tank that has to be pressurized by pumping a hand-pumped air pump. Cannot tell from the photo, what size it is. But would not rule our, aircraft use..Just don't recall seeing that one.
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25 April 2014, 12:23 PM
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Joe's thought about it being from an automobile sounds like a good one. One other possibility is that it could be from many different kinds of industrial machines. I did a search on manometre metallique bourdon and came up with a very large number of hits from old ones to brand new ones - all of which seem to be fore industrial machine applications.
Here is an old one very similar to yours but rated for a much higher pressure. Large (1135g) Cased Brass Manometre Metallique E Bourdon Paris Etalon Gauge | eBay |
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