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Description: | L.P.8. (old departmental catalogue number in aluminium paint). FLEUSS PATENT No. 3765 (? makers trade name on the platten at the base of the cylinder). MANU Unsigned. second half 19th century DES after GUERICKE Otto,von. 1650 Magdeburg, Saxony, (Prussia) Germany. DES FLEUSS,Henry.Albert. Circa 1875 Neptune Works, Chessington, Surrey, England.. This double action pump was used for producing a vacuum for various pneumatic and electrical experiments. It was able to do this because in 1850 Sir Joseph Whitworth had set standard thread sizes and began producing machine tools based on this standardisation. N.B. the hand breaks for easier storage. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCIENTIFIC COLLECTION : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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