Dead weight tester

Dead weight tester

The dead weight tester

The test gauges were available in a couple of different styles.

The Dead Weight tester

Instruction book #17 contained parts breakdowns for many Ashton products.

Repair parts and testing equipment was available for most of the products. Test gauges to check the accuracy of many of the gauges and repair parts for a lot of their products. The company even offered a repair service for their items and once in a while you can find an inscription on the dial face ...

Steam and Its Uses: Including the Steam Engine, the Locomotive, and Steam ... 1856
by Dionysius Lardner


https://archive.org/details/steamandits ... am+engines

Steam boilers, engines and turbines 1908
by Walker, Sydney Ferris


https://archive.org/details/steamboiler ... am+engines

The Progress of Marine-engineering: From the Time of Watt Until the Present Day. With Sixty ... 1893
by Thomas Main




https://archive.org/details/progressmar ... am+engines

In 1948 the company, now merged with Crosby Valve, moved to a site in Wrentham,Ma. This was their last address.