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Our Friend the Pressure Gauge

Next to cell phones and remote controls, pressure gauges are some of the most common doodads we use in this world. Unlike cell phones and remotes controls, though, it is not merely a matter of paying your phone bill or putting in new batteries that promises definitive steadfastness and

Pressure gauges come in a variety of sizes, styles and materials and can either communicate information with a digital or an analogue interface– from meters and needles to graphics and videos, there is an array of technologies used to represent the information being processed, keeping us privy to the internal, unseeable affairs of a particular vessel. A pressure gauge might also, in some contexts, be equipped with additional “bells and whistles” in order to ensure noticeability and add extra precaution; signal lights and sound alarms are a few examples of such features. In any case, no matter the color or mechanisms being employed, one thing is for sure: pressure gauges are necessary for a functioning, safe modern society and handling unnatural pressures cannot be done without them.