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  2. Eugène Bourdon - Wikipedia

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    While searching for a mechanism to measure gas pressure, without the use of a mercury manometer, he imagined using the bending of a circular tube made of a metal with good elastic properties. From this he developed the Bourdon tube pressure gauge, patented in Paris on 18 June 1849, and he granted a licence to the workshops of Felix Richard ...

  3. Fire extinguisher - Wikipedia

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    An empty fire extinguisher which was not replaced for years. Most countries in the world require regular fire extinguisher maintenance by a competent person to operate safely and effectively, as part of fire safety legislation. Lack of maintenance can lead to an extinguisher not discharging when required, or rupturing when pressurized.

  4. The Pyrene Company Limited - Wikipedia

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    The Pyrene Company Limited from their beginning in 1914, until 1971 when they became Chubb Fire Security Limited, were among the world's leaders in the manufacture of fire fighting equipment. The name Pyrene was epitomised by their famous 'pump' extinguisher which was installed on public transport, commercial and private vehicles throughout the ...

  5. Hydrostatic test - Wikipedia

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    Most countries have legislation or pressure vessel codes which requires vessels to be regularly tested, for example every two years (with a visual inspection annually) for high pressure gas cylinders and every five or ten years for lower pressure ones such as used in fire extinguishers.

  6. Budenberg Gauge Company - Wikipedia

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    1950s Budenberg pressure gauge showing pounds per square inch. The Budenberg Gauge Company was founded in 1918. The original parent company was Schäffer & Budenberg founded in 1850 by Bernhard Schäffer and Christian Friedrich Budenberg in Prussia. The Budenberg Gauge Company is now based in Irlam, Salford.

  7. Glossary of firefighting equipment - Wikipedia

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    An air-pressurized-water fire extinguisher is similar but its water is expelled by the air pressure, it is held by one person, and a flexible hose makes aiming the water stream easy. Handtub A historical fire engine pumped by hand with the water supply held in a tub or cistern on the wagon, the water supply delivered by a bucket brigade .

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