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Hand-drawn schematic for a pressure-based petrol level measuring device.


Identifier  ExFiles\Box 75\2\  scan0112
Date  28th January 1920
  
COPY
X.3891
R1/4 28.1.20

ABOUT 4"
GALLONS
16 14 12 10 8 6 4

PETROL TANK

BY DELIVERING A SMALL QUANTITY OF AIR WITH A GENTLE STROKE OF THE PUMP THE U TUBE IS MADE TO INDICATE THE DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE DUE TO THE DEPTH OF THE PETROL & THE COLUMN OF COLOURED WATER THUS RECORDS THE QUANTITY OF PETROL IN THE TANK

COLOURED WATER

PETROL LEVEL MEASURING DEVICE

(upside down text at bottom) R.R. 235 A (100 T) (S.E. 846, 6-S-19) G. {Mr Griffiths - Chief Accountant / Mr Gnapp} 2460.
  
  
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