Gasoline pump

A pump, manufactured by Dresser Wayne, in Greece.
A diesel pump being used at a BP petrol station in Wisconsin.[1]

A gasoline pump or fuel dispenser is a machine at a filling station that is used to pump gasoline (petrol), diesel, or other types of liquid fuel into vehicles. Gasoline pumps are also known as bowsers or petrol bowsers (in Australia and South Africa),[2][3] petrol pumps (in Commonwealth countries), or gas pumps (in North America).

  1. ^ "Gas Stations - Wisconsin DNR". dnr.wi.gov. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ Mark Gwynn (October 2005). "When people become words" (PDF). Ozwords. Australian National Dictionary Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 April 2011. Retrieved 24 July 2013. But one doesn't have to be an Australian to enter the Australian lexicon — take bowser 'petrol pump' (in Australia), which is named after a company established by U.S. inventor and entrepreneur S.F. Bowser.
  3. ^ "REGULATIONS REGARDING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS". Southern African Legal Information Institute. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2023.