John F. McGrath

For other people named John McGrath, see John McGrath (disambiguation).

John F. McGrath, Jr (1922–2007) was the designer of the first electronic railroad track scale for Union Carbide. He also designed strain-gauge testing devices for the USS Albacore (AGSS-569), the prototype hull design for nuclear submarines. He invented the high-energy X-ray collimator used on several orbiting solar observatories, as well as strain-gauge transducers used in testing early B-52 bombers.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 233349967

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