biography
pronunciation:
[boordõ]
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| lived:
| (1808–84)
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| biography:
| Inventor and industrialist, born in Paris, France. In 1835 he founded a machine shop in Paris to manufacture model steam-engines for educational and demonstration purposes. In 1849 he patented a simple but ingenious device which is still in widespread use today for measuring the pressure of steam and many other fluids, the Bourdon gauge. |
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