Pressure Gauge
notes: label: Description
content: E. Dwight Adams Jr. (1933-2018), a professor of physics at the University of Florida, and his graduate student, Gerard Clarence Straty (1931-2019), devised a pressure gauge that proved useful for measuring low temperatures. This example is considered to be "the original 'Straty-Adams' gauge constructed of stainless steel.”
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content: Ref: G. C. Straty and E. D. Adams, "Highly Sensitive Capacitive Pressure Gauge,” Review of Scientific Instruments 40 (November 1969): 1394.
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content: “Earnest Dwight Adams,” Physics Today (Nov. 13, 2018).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Modern Physics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of E. Dwight Adams
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content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0013.01
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content: 2006.0013
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0013.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pressure gauge
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, not including pedestal or wires, but including tabs: 7.1 cm x 2.7 cm x 2.2 cm x 2.2 cm; 2 25/32 in x 1 1/16 in x 7/8 in x 7/8 in