Vintage Hickok Cylinder Temperature Aviation Airplane Cockpit Gauge

20, USD

Vintage Cylinder Temperature Aviation Airplane Cockpit Instrument Gauge made by the Hickok Electrical Instrument Company. This three inch diameter has a Bakelite bezel and metal case. Measures up to 300 degrees Celsius. Gauge is believed to be WWII era. Working condition unknown.

At Atlanta, Georgia, in 1910, Robert D. Hickok, Sr., previously a watchmaker and jeweler, founded the Hickok Electrical Instrument Company. In 1936, the company decided started to manufacture several types of electrical aircraft instruments. The first electrical aircraft instrument made was a resistance thermometer. The United States Air Forces awarded Hickok the first large contract for these instruments. Hickok was the first quantity supplier of these meters to the air forces.

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