Joseph Petavel

Chivalric Order Member

1873 – 1936

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Who was Joseph Petavel?

Sir Joseph Ernest Petavel KBE FRS D.Sc. was a British physicist. He was director of NPL from 1919 to 1936 and was the designer of the Petavel gauge for measurement of the pressures within exploding gasses.

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Born
Aug 14, 1873
Died
Mar 31, 1936

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on July 23, 2013

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