Eugène Bourdon

Eugène Bourdon was born in Paris on 8 April 1808, the son of a silk merchant.

[1] Eugène specialized in scientific instruments and model steam engines.

While searching for a mechanism to measure gas pressure, without the use of a mercury manometer, he imagined using the bending of a circular tube made of a metal with good elastic properties.

From this he developed the Bourdon tube pressure gauge, patented in Paris on 18 June 1849, and he granted a licence to the workshops of Felix Richard (1809-1876).

Two years later, at the World's Fair in 1851, he was awarded the Council Medal, shared with his competitor, Lucien Vidi.