Title : 
Fundamental instrument design review for liquid fuel volume measurement
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
Pumpwatch Ltd., Dublin, Ireland
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
When Sylvanus F. Bowser developed and patented the first effective roadside fuel pump in 1905, he set a standard which has proven to be remarkably persistent and universal. Over the past 90 years many mechanical, electrical and electronic enhancements have been made but one key feature of Bowser´s pump remains the same. His cranked nozzle design is one of the world´s most readily recognised artifacts, known to literally billions of people
         
        
            Keywords : 
calibration; fuel; measurement errors; pumps; volume measurement; Bowser; accuracy; calibration; dimensioning; electronic enhancements; liquid fuel volume measurement; measurement errors; mechanical production engineering; nozzle design; roadside fuel pump; Current measurement; Fuels; Glass; Instruments; Laboratories; Law; Legal factors; Metrology; Steel; Volume measurement;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1996. IMTC-96. Conference Proceedings. Quality Measurements: The Indispensable Bridge between Theory and Reality., IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Brussels
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-3312-8
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/IMTC.1996.507278