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Creation Date
3-2017
Description
Peter Sellers holding on of the instruments from the collection, McLeod Gauge; 1998
McLeoad Gauge developed and built for Dr. Walther F. Goebel in 1940 by the University's Glassblowing Shop. Measures - in inches of mercury - the degree of vacuum (negative pressure) in a contained space. Used for micro-distillation in vacuo of sugar compounds
Keywords
Peter Sellers, McLeod Gauge, Walther Goebel