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Sir Joseph Ernest Petavel KBE FRS D.Sc. (14 August 1873 – 31 March 1936) was a British physicist. He was born in London and educated at Lausanne, Geneva, before he joined University College, London, in 1893, where he studied mechanical and electrical engineering. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1907. He was the second director of the NPL in Bushy Park from 1919 to 1936, living in Bushy House. During his time there he devised the Petavel gauge for the measurement of the pressures within exploding gases. He died at Bushy House and was buried in the west side of Highgate Cemetery.

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  • Joseph Petavel (en)
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  • Sir Joseph Ernest Petavel, född den 14 augusti 1873 i London, död den 31 mars 1936 på Bushy House i Teddington, London, var en brittisk fysiker. (sv)
  • Sir Joseph Ernest Petavel KBE FRS D.Sc. (14 August 1873 – 31 March 1936) was a British physicist. He was born in London and educated at Lausanne, Geneva, before he joined University College, London, in 1893, where he studied mechanical and electrical engineering. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1907. He was the second director of the NPL in Bushy Park from 1919 to 1936, living in Bushy House. During his time there he devised the Petavel gauge for the measurement of the pressures within exploding gases. He died at Bushy House and was buried in the west side of Highgate Cemetery. (en)
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  • November 2019 (en)
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  • He developed the gauge around 1900-1901, well before he was appointed director for NPL in 1919. See talk. (en)
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  • Sir Joseph Ernest Petavel KBE FRS D.Sc. (14 August 1873 – 31 March 1936) was a British physicist. He was born in London and educated at Lausanne, Geneva, before he joined University College, London, in 1893, where he studied mechanical and electrical engineering. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1907. He was the second director of the NPL in Bushy Park from 1919 to 1936, living in Bushy House. During his time there he devised the Petavel gauge for the measurement of the pressures within exploding gases. He was invested Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours for his wartime work as Chairman of Aerodynamics Sub-Committee of the Advisory Committee on Aeronautics. He died at Bushy House and was buried in the west side of Highgate Cemetery. (en)
  • Sir Joseph Ernest Petavel, född den 14 augusti 1873 i London, död den 31 mars 1936 på Bushy House i Teddington, London, var en brittisk fysiker. (sv)
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