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Invented in 1874 by Herbert McLeod.
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Today it means: 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 Full definition →
Invented in 1874 by Herbert McLeod.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.