24th May, 2023 12:00
Fine Instruments of Science, Medicine and Books
Lancashire County Council, Full Set of Standard Check Pump Petrol Measures
English, dated 1931, by Gaskill & Chambers, Birmingham, each engraved 'COUNTY COUNCIL LANCASHIRE, CHECKPUMP' ALL NUMBERED 226 with calibration standard stamps on a soft solder spot below the rim on each, constructed of copper with brass bindings, the 6 measures IN 2 OAK CASES engraved with the following capacities FIVE GALLONS, FOUR GALLONS, HALF GALLON, ONE GALLON, TWO GALLON, and THREE GALLON, cases with brass plaque that reads 'COUNTY COUNCIL LANCASHIRE', case 1 width 66cm, case 2 width 76cm,
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English, dated 1931, by Gaskill & Chambers, Birmingham, each engraved 'COUNTY COUNCIL LANCASHIRE, CHECKPUMP' ALL NUMBERED 226 with calibration standard stamps on a soft solder spot below the rim on each, constructed of copper with brass bindings, the 6 measures IN 2 OAK CASES engraved with the following capacities FIVE GALLONS, FOUR GALLONS, HALF GALLON, ONE GALLON, TWO GALLON, and THREE GALLON, cases with brass plaque that reads 'COUNTY COUNCIL LANCASHIRE', case 1 width 66cm, case 2 width 76cm,
