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- Brochure Advertising the Xacto Sentry Pump Outfit with Type "C" Tank and Fittings, 1929 - S.F. Bowser & Company's Xacto Sentry gas pump brought a new level of accuracy to fuel measurement when it debuted in 1928. The pump's positive displacement meter measured gas by pumping it against a series of pistons that, in turn, moved the clock face gauge. The gauge only measured the quantity of fuel pumped. The attendant calculated the total sale price.
- 1929
- Collections - Artifact
Brochure Advertising the Xacto Sentry Pump Outfit with Type "C" Tank and Fittings, 1929
S.F. Bowser & Company's Xacto Sentry gas pump brought a new level of accuracy to fuel measurement when it debuted in 1928. The pump's positive displacement meter measured gas by pumping it against a series of pistons that, in turn, moved the clock face gauge. The gauge only measured the quantity of fuel pumped. The attendant calculated the total sale price.
- "Treasure Island Itself - The Selling Equipment for Filling Stations," 1925 - This "Treasure Island" isn't from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate tale. By 1920, gasoline retailers determined that placing gas pumps on an "island" in front of the station, where drivers could approach from either side, was more efficient than mounting them on the station's wall. This equipment trade catalog features everything from air pumps to underground storage tanks.
- 1925
- Collections - Artifact
"Treasure Island Itself - The Selling Equipment for Filling Stations," 1925
This "Treasure Island" isn't from Robert Louis Stevenson's classic pirate tale. By 1920, gasoline retailers determined that placing gas pumps on an "island" in front of the station, where drivers could approach from either side, was more efficient than mounting them on the station's wall. This equipment trade catalog features everything from air pumps to underground storage tanks.
- "The Bowser Man, Dedication of Bowser's Millionth Self-Measuring Pump," June 1923 -
- June 01, 1923
- Collections - Artifact
"The Bowser Man, Dedication of Bowser's Millionth Self-Measuring Pump," June 1923