The first volumetric pumps arrived in Italy in 1932; two years later Bergomi started producing its Insuperabile (or Unsurpassable) model; from 1936 come the volumetric pumps by Siliam; and in that same year the first contometric display gauge, imported by the American Wayne, was approved by decree.<\/p>\n
The official documents of the epoch record a fervent demand for the approval of new devices, but in most places the volumetric revolution was late in arriving.<\/p>\n
These were difficult years for the Italian economy, during which the consumption of fuel, among other things, was discouraged, imports were reduced to a minimum, and the order of the day vi\/as to avoid any form of waste.<\/p>\n
The clock-face pumps were introduced very slowly, starting with the more important locations where they served considerations of prestige.<\/p>\n
None of the old models were disposed of: they were simply displaced to secondary locations.<\/p>\n
The first volumetric pumps of American provenance (and their Italian counterparts as well) were fashioned a pilastrino and made conspicuously show of the clock-face display gauge.<\/p>\n
Originally circular, its form evolved into a polygon inscribed in a square or rectangle, so the advent of the contometric display gauge didn’t bring all that surprising an esthetic change; meanwhile, the spy-hole on the exterior flank was incorporated into the logic of the frontal decoration.<\/p>\n
The quest for the esthetic perfection of the gasoline pump which was all the rage across the ocean was slow to catch on in Italy.<\/p>\n
Some of these extremely refined imports made their way onto the streets, but the less sophisticated products of local manufacture prevailed.<\/p>\n
The exceptions however were not few, first among them being the Imperiale model of Siliam: elegant in its sobriety yet forcefully characterized, fruit of that 20th-century style with which the regime so strongly identified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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