Object data
brass, copper, iron, steel, wood and glass
height 4.7 cm × width 31.7 cm × depth 20.5 cm
Eugène Bourdon
Vacuum Gauge
Paris, c. 1860
Inscriptions
- inscription, on the dial: INDICATEUR DU VIDE / DE / E. BOURDON BREVETE / A / PARIS E. BOURDON 5416
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1883
Object number: NG-MC-1062
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Vacuum gauge consisting of a round dial mounted on a cock.
The dial has a pointer and scale ranging from 0 to 80. The mechanism inside the dial casing consists of a flat tube bent along the outside of the casing, which scrolls or unscrolls according to the vacuum pressure, and moves the pointer via a system of levers and a gear train.
This instrument was probably added to the Navy Model Room in 1863.
Literature
J.M. Obreen et al., handwritten inventory list for items 944 to 1431, 1884, manuscript in HNA 476 RMA, inv. no. 1089, no. 1062
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'Eugène Bourdon, Vacuum Gauge, Paris, c. 1860', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.244877
(accessed 25 November 2024 23:01:47).