The evolution of the fixed tire pump is in some ways parallel to that of the gasoline pump.<\/p>\n
Those from the Twenties have a distinctly vertical orientation which recalls the idea of the column or the pilastrino. Later on, their height was modified and they borrowed a bit of the gas pump’s modeling and ornament.<\/p>\n
Finally, in the post-war years, they assumed more austere forms.<\/p>\n
The mobile air pumps, though sharing the same function, have a far broader range of both kind and quality.<\/p>\n
Perhaps less esthetically self-conscious, but not without formal dignity are the pumps for dispensing oil.<\/p>\n
The rest form a motley line, from the bulkiest contraptions to the smallest gadgets: oilcans, sprayers, oil spouts, funnels, burners, gauges…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The evolution of the fixed tire pump is in some ways parallel to that of the gasoline pump. Those from the Twenties have a distinctly vertical orientation which recalls the idea of the column or the pilastrino. Later on, their height was modified and they borrowed a bit of the gas pump’s modeling and ornament. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[467,466],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment-history-en","category-history"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n