McLeod gauge

English

Alternative forms

• McLeod gage (USA)

Etymology

Invented in 1874 by Herbert McLeod.

Noun

McLeod gauge (plural McLeod gauges)

1. (physics) a device, rather like a manometer, used to measure low pressures close to that of a vacuum, by using an application of Boyle's law

See also

• sticky vacuum

Further reading

• McLeod gauge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia