Experimental engineering and manual for testing. For engineers and for students in engineering laboratories (1906)
Carpenter, Rolla C. (Rolla Clinton), 1852-1919 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 396
Wig. 177.—Test-pump for Gauges. §28l.J MEASUREMENT OF PRESSURE. 365 in which works a nicely fitted piston ; this cylinder connectswith a U-shaped tube ending in a pipe tapped and fitted for … Fig. 178.—Crosby Steam-gauge Testing Apparatus. attaching a gauge. The tube is filled with glycerine, inwhich case a known weight added to the piston produces anequal pressure on the gauge, less the friction of the piston inthe tube. This is almost entirely overcome by giving theweight and piston a…
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