A

Acceleration,

definition

law of

Accelerometer,

application

description

mechanical

servo

Accuracy,

reference

Archimedes

Aristotle

B

Barometer

Bending strain

Button diaphragm repeater

C

Capacitance manometer

Chevron bridge,

diagram

description

Compound pressure detector

Constant-current circuit,

description

diagram

Convection gauge

Conversion chart

Copernicus, Nicholas

D

E

Einstein, Albert

F

Force,

definition

errors

sensors

Four-wire ohm circuit

G

Gallilei, Gallileo

Gage factor,

definition

temperature effect

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

P

Pascal, Blaise

Pirani gauge

Pressure gauge,

designs

Pressure switch,

description

design

terminology

Pressure sensor,

Ptolemaeus, Clausius

R

Rubbia, Carlo

S

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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