McLeod gauge

English edit

Alternative forms edit

McLeod gage (USA)

Etymology edit

Invented in 1874 by Herbert McLeod.

Noun edit

McLeod gauge (plural McLeod gauges)

(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 edit

sticky vacuum

Further reading edit

McLeod gauge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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