Joseph Petavel
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Sir Joseph Ernest Petavel KBE FRS D.Sc.
(14 August 1873 - 31 March 1936) was a British physicist. He was director of NPL from 1919 to 1936 and was the designer of the Petavel gauge for measurement of the pressures within exploding gas
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Doctor of Science
Doctor of Science , usually abbreviated Sc.D., D.Sc., S.D. or Dr.Sc., is an academic research degree awarded in a number of countries throughout the world. In some countries Doctor of Science is the name used for the standard doctorate in the sciences, elsewhere the Sc.D...
(14 August 1873 - 31 March 1936) was a British physicist. He was director of NPL from 1919 to 1936 and was the designer of the Petavel gauge for measurement of the pressures within exploding gas
Gas
Gas is one of the three classical states of matter . Near absolute zero, a substance exists as a solid. As heat is added to this substance it melts into a liquid at its melting point , boils into a gas at its boiling point, and if heated high enough would enter a plasma state in which the electrons...
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External links
- http://www.npl.co.uk/about/managing_directors/petavel.html