Text-book of general physics, for the use of colleges and scientific schools (1899)
Hastings, Charles Sheldon · Boston: Ginn & company · leaf 138
Fig. 82. 95. Bourdon Pressure-Gauge. —In the mechanic arts ametallic gauge devised by Bourdon is extensively used forthe measurement of pressures. It consists of a thin metal tube, of elliptic or flattenedcross section, bent into the form of a circle (Fig. 83). An increase of the pressure within… … Fig. 83. It is commonly graduated to read of the curvature in a plane at right angles. The motion ofthe tube in straightening is com-municated by means of a toothedsegment, i?. and pinion. K. to apointer, P. The pressure maybe read in anv desired unit froma dial beneath the pointer, thegraduations…
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