National Physical Laboratory

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The National Physical Laboratory is the United Kingdom’s national measurement standards laboratory, renowned for its pioneering research in physics, engineering, and metrology.

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Generate an image of the National Physical Laboratory (The National Physical Laboratory is the United Kingdom’s national measurement standards laboratory, renowned for its pioneering research in physics, engineering, and metrology.)

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instanceOf metrology institute ⓘ
national measurement standards laboratory ⓘ
research organisation ⓘ
abbreviation NPL ⓘ
affiliation European Association of National Metrology Institutes ⓘ
International Bureau of Weights and Measures ⓘ
client UK government ⓘ
academia ⓘ
industry ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
employs engineers ⓘ
metrologists ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
field electromagnetics ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
environmental measurement ⓘ
healthcare measurement ⓘ
information technology ⓘ
materials science ⓘ
metrology ⓘ
nanotechnology ⓘ
physics ⓘ
time and frequency standards ⓘ
foundedBy British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government
hasFacility electromagnetics laboratories ⓘ
environmental measurement facilities ⓘ
materials testing laboratories ⓘ
nanotechnology laboratories ⓘ
time and frequency laboratory ⓘ
inception 1900 ⓘ
legalForm government-owned laboratory ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Teddington ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
mission to develop and maintain national measurement standards for the United Kingdom ⓘ
to support industry, commerce and quality of life through accurate measurement ⓘ
notableContribution advances in time dissemination and timekeeping services ⓘ
development of atomic clocks ⓘ
development of measurement standards for mass, length, and temperature ⓘ
development of the caesium atomic clock standard ⓘ
early research contributing to packet switching and computer networking ⓘ
research in optical frequency combs ⓘ
research in quantum metrology ⓘ
operatedBy Department for Science, Innovation and Technology ⓘ
previousOperator Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy ⓘ
Department of Trade and Industry ⓘ
providesService calibration services ⓘ
measurement consultancy ⓘ
standards development support ⓘ
training in metrology ⓘ

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Robert Watson-Watt → employer → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
Alan Turing → employer → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
Charles Galton Darwin → employer → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
Donald Davies → employer → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
Donald Davies → workInstitution → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
Richmond upon Thames → contains → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
Teddington → hasLandmark → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
cesium atomic clocks → associatedWithOrganization → National Physical Laboratory (UK) ⓘ
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NPL → collaboratesWith → National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) ⓘ
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NPL network → developer → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
NPL network → operatingOrganization → National Physical Laboratory (UK) ⓘ
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London Borough of Richmond upon Thames → contains → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
Twickenham (UK Parliament constituency) → hasMajorLandmark → National Physical Laboratory, Teddington ⓘ
subject linked to: Twickenham constituency
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Sir John Lennard-Jones → employer → National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) ⓘ
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John Pople → employer → National Physical Laboratory (UK) ⓘ
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Ronald S. Rivlin → employer → National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) ⓘ
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Bushy House, Teddington → partOf → National Physical Laboratory site ⓘ
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Bushy House, Teddington → usedBy → National Physical Laboratory ⓘ
Bushy House, Teddington → category → National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) ⓘ
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