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A gasoline pump or fuel dispenser is a machine at a filling station that is used to pump gasoline (petrol), diesel, or other types of liquid fuel into vehicles. Gasoline pumps are also known as bowsers or petrol bowsers (in Australia and South Africa ), [ 2 ] [ 3 ] petrol pumps (in Commonwealth countries), or gas pumps (in North America ).
Gas nozzle with vapor recovery. Vapor (or vapour) recovery is the process of collecting the vapors of gasoline and other fuels, so that they do not escape into the atmosphere. This is often done (and sometimes required by law) at filling stations, to reduce noxious and potentially explosive fumes and pollution.
Allen Tire Company and Gas Station, Prescott; Texaco Station No. 1, Paragould; Wittsburg Store and Gas Station, Wittsburg; Ferguson Gas Station, Marshall; Jameson-Richards Gas Station, Bald Knob; Walter Patterson Filling Station, Clinton; Roundtop Filling Station, Sherwood; Langdon Filling Station, Hot Springs
Behringer is an audio equipment company founded by the Swiss engineer Uli Behringer on 25 January 1989 in Willich, Germany. Behringer produces equipment including synthesizers, mixers, audio interfaces and amplifiers. Behringer is owned by Music Tribe (formerly Music Group), a holding company chaired by Uli Behringer. [1]
These scam artists look for victims at the gas station who may be good-natured or appear to be physically weak to offer to pump their gas or to hang the nozzle for them.
1630: Slide rule: invented by William Oughtred [390] [391] 1642: Mechanical calculator. The Pascaline is built by Blaise Pascal. [392] 1643: Barometer: invented by Evangelista Torricelli, or possibly up to three years earlier by Gasparo Berti. [393] 1650: Vacuum pump: Invented by Otto von Guericke. [394] 1656: Pendulum clock: Invented by ...
One of the most complicated cable-car systems to run from a single station. 1887 San Francisco: California United States ASME brochure: 2: 1973 Leavitt-Riedler Pumping Engine. Unusual triple-expansion, three-crank "rocker" engine, driving high-capacity, high-speed pumps. 1894 Boston: Massachusetts United States ASME brochure: 3: 1974 A.B. Wood ...
Tokheim is an American manufacturer of fuel dispensers.It is one of the world's leading manufacturers and servicers of fuel dispensing equipment. The group as part of Dover Fueling Solutions has operations in many countries and offers fuel dispensers and pumps, retail automation systems, payment terminals, media devices, replacement parts and upgrade kits, and support services including ...