An early control scheme for an air-water hydraulic accumulator system, c.1940

Copied from Hydraulik GmbH, Duisburg, Germany, C.1940

D7338/14/10/3353
Gloucestershire Archives
D7338/14/10/3355
Gloucestershire Archives

The first photo drawing illustrates the principles employed at the time by the company Hydraulik GmbH, Duisburg, using a mercury-filled level device to control the water level in a pressurised air-water hydraulic accumulator system.

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