Antique Steampunk Amer Radiator Thermometer/Water Pressure Dual Gauge 3.75” Chic

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eBay Suppose English inventor Charles Babbage had completed his proposed “Analytical Engine” during the 1830s and 1840s (he never did). His machine would have been able to calculate arithmetic problems like his path breaking 1822 “Difference Engine”, but it would also have been able to create loops and conditional branching, the heart of modern-day computing languages. Babbage would have invented the world’s first true computer, and his British Empire would have had it. Babbage might have become so politically powerful the he could have opposed the Tory Government of the day. Instead, an Industrial Radical Party would have come to power, embracing every nuance of rapidly evolving Victorian British technology. By 1855, Babbage’s computers would have been mass-produced and ubiquitous, emulating innovations similar to our information technology and internet revolutions. Oddly-designed machinery with something like brains would have filled the streets of London and otherwise altered civilization in ways that we could only imagine. That would have been the birth of the Age of Steampunk (or made a good science fiction book like the 1990 The Difference Engine written by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling). Other steam-powered technologies like carriages and dirigibles, steam and electric guns and cannons, and steam-powered robots would have also been developed. And everywhere one would have seen men and women wearing long coats and spiked goggles, flying, driving, or otherwise operating such machinery. That’s where this gauge enters the picture. Originally used in a large-scale steam heating application, the outside gauge measures Fahrenheit water temperature and the inside water pressure in pounds per square inch and column height. This dual gauge measures nearly 4 inches (10 cm) across its face, the metal case is 1.5 inches (3.5 cm) thick, and it is a total 7 inches (18 cm) in length. Weighs some two pounds. It was made for the American Radiator Co. by the U. S. Gauge Co in New York but was licensed by the Federal Gauge Co of Chicago, which is where America Radiator (ARCO) was headquartered. It was patterned in 1926 so probably dates from the 1920s or 1930s. It is in perfect steampunk condition. The glass is unbroken and the painted metal case has a nice patina. It even has three screws on the back and two on the sides to open it up if you wanted. Add it to your steampunk object or creation or build something new and weird around it, like a steampunk vending machine or lamp. Shipped carefully packed. Check out our other steampunk and Victorian items at www.ebay.com/str/agitpropshoppe HA26012

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