Barlow - Science and Technology

Science and Technology

  • Barlow's disease (disambiguation), a term for scurvy or for mitral valve prolapse
  • Barlow's formula, for calculation of the internal pressure that a pipe can withstand
  • Barlow knife, a certain type of traditional slipjoint pocket knife
  • Barlow's law, an incorrect theory of a wire's electrical current-carrying ability
  • Barlow lens, a diverging lens used in telescope eyepieces
  • Barlow maneuver, a test performed on infants to identify possible hip problems
  • Barlow Memorial Medal, a recognition by Canadian mining society
  • Barlow rail, an early kind of railway rail
  • Barlow surface, a mathematical construct
  • Barlow's wheel, an early demonstration of an electric motor
  • Wigan-Barlow, a 1922-1923 English automobile

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