Antique BURROUGHS Tractor Engine Boiler Steam GAUGE Steampunk Brass 7.5” Gage for Sale

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Antique BURROUGHS Tractor Engine Boiler Steam GAUGE Steampunk Brass 7.5” Gage For Sale

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Antique BURROUGHS Tractor Engine Boiler Steam GAUGE Steampunk Brass 7.5” Gage:
$345.00

Antique BURROUGHS Tractor Engine Boiler Steam GAUGE Steampunk Brass 7.5” diameter

Nicely mounted on thick Mahogany base. 2000 PSI gauges are super rare!!!!0 to 2000 psi - very high pressure used on machines to make celluloid is my guess after doing research on The Burroughs Co. Newark, NJ.Please see all pictures. Asking any questions.***This is an antique and is being sold NOT TO USED or as working. Last tested on 5-22-1941!!!!A one of a kind gauge and no previous sales can be reported on for any Burroughs brass gauges.Below is some info found on the web about Charles Burroughs. He is in the NJ Hall of Fame. They closed after WW2 and their equipment was saleed off. Please research this piece of history!!!SHIPPING is a flat, fast and fair $15.00 USA only. 100% positive response oldtoolhunter. When quality counts...see my other listings thanks...Burroughs Corporation

Inducted 1974

Charles Burroughs (1873 – 1944), with help from J.H. Stevens, devised many clever ways to use celluloid to recreate the look and feel of luxury goods made from ever-increasingly rare materials such as ivory, ebony, and mother-of-pearl. By layering thin sheets of colored celluloid (plasticized nitrated cellulose) and compressing them under high heat and pressures, Burroughs could simulate the look and texture of these materials, making them indistinguishable from the original to the untrained eye.

He founded the Burroughs Corporation and developed the early equipment needed to mold and fabricate the first two commercially significant plastics, Celluloid and Bakelite. Many of the early plastic developments would not have been commercially viable without Burrough’s inventions of the necessary plastics production machinery.