Station: [15] Fitting and Measuring Instruments

The fittings shown here are divided into four types: tap, safety, slide, and flap valves.  Particularly noteworthy is the diaphragm spring pressure gauge, developed by Bernhardt Schäffer in Magdeburg. Schäffer founded his company with Christian Friedrich Budenberg in 1850. They specialized in the manufacture of pressure gauges and other fittings.