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Bourdon Engine
« on: April 08, 2019, 02:39:55 am »
Bourdon Engine, not sure if I've ever seen one of these before -


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Re: Bourdon Engine
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2019, 06:41:34 am »
Strange little thing....
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Re: Bourdon Engine
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2019, 02:03:47 pm »
One way to salvage parts from a bad pressure gauge.
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Re: Bourdon Engine
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2019, 02:43:37 pm »
Odd to be sure.
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Re: Bourdon Engine
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2019, 08:54:04 pm »


Francis Bourdon
Born: 29 July 1797
Seurre, Côte-d'Or, France
Died: 19 April 1865 (aged 67)
Paris, France
Nationality: French
Occupation: Engineer, inventor
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Re: Bourdon Engine
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2019, 06:05:07 am »

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Re: Bourdon Engine
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2019, 10:12:43 am »
Certainly very different, i like it!
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Re: Bourdon Engine
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2019, 10:41:51 am »
Weird and Wonderful

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Re: Bourdon Engine
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2019, 11:37:51 am »
Funny little thing  :D
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