A
Acceleration,
    definition
    law of
Accelerometer,
    application
    description
    mechanical
    servo
Accuracy,
    reference
Archimedes
Aristotle
B
Barometer
Bending strain
Bourdon tube
Button diaphragm repeater
C
Capacitance manometer
Chemical seals
Chevron bridge,
    diagram
    description
Compound pressure detector
Constant-current circuit,
    description
    diagram
Convection gauge
Conversion chart
Copernicus, Nicholas
D
Dead-weight tester
Differential pressure
E
Einstein, Albert
F
Force,
    definition
    errors
    sensors
Four-wire ohm circuit
G
Gallilei, Gallileo
Gage factor,
    definition
    temperature effect
Gauge pressure
H
Hawking, Steven
Helical Bourdon tube
High pressure
Hubble, Edwin Powell
J
Joule, Prescott
K
Kelvin, Lord
Kepler, Johannes
L
Lead-wire effects
Load cell,
    bending-beam
    button
    column/canister
    direct-stress
    helical
    hydraulic
    isolation
    micro-machined
    operation
    optical
    performance
    pneumatic
    ring
    selection criteria
    shear-beam
    strain-gage
M
Manometer
McLeod gauge
N
Newton, Sir Isaac
O
OMEGA Engineering,
    about
    contact information
Overpressure
P
Pascal, Blaise
Pirani gauge
Pressure
Pressure gauge,
    accessories
    designs
Pressure switch,
    description
    design
    terminology
Pressure sensor,
    accessories
    calibration
    capacitance
    differential
    diaphragm designs
    electronic
    electrostatic
    inductive
    installation
    maintenance
    mechanical
    optical
    piezoelectric
    potentiometric
    resonant wire
    selection criteria
    strain gage
Ptolemaeus, Clausius
Pulsation damper
R
Rubbia, Carlo
S
Snubber
Stay rod
Strain
Strain gage,
    application
    resistance wire
    bridge circuits
    diffused seminconductor
    error
    guarding
    installation
    sensor designs
    shielding
    silicon
    stability
    thin-film
    troubleshooting
Stress
T
Torque
Torque sensor,
    applications
    configurations
    inductive coupling
    magnetoelastic
    optical
    strain gage
V
Vacuum gauges
    gauge designs
    applications
    cold-cathode
    hot-cathode
    ionization
    mechanical
    molecular momentum
    Pirani
    thermal
    thermocouple
Van der Meer, Simon
Vibration
    (see Acceleration)
W
Weighing system,
    application
    batching
    calibration
    design
    installation
    gain-in-weight
    loss-in-weight
    performance
    piping
    stabilization
    vessel support
Weight measurement,
    errors
    sensor configuration
Wheatstone bridge,
    compensation
    equations
    schematic
Wheatstone, Sir Charles
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