National Physical Laboratory
- occupation:
- Institute for physics standards
- Nationality:
- British
- born in:
- Teddington, Richmond upon Thames, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
1900 - established at Bushy House, Teddington, London, to promote links between science and commerce. Charged with the maintenence of British standards for most physical measurements, including time, length, mass, density and force.
Related Objects
Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) simulator, 1950
Main frame, for Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) pilot model, 1949
Experimental screw diameter measuring machine
Dial gauge testing machine
Mercury delay line from the ACE computer, NPL
Automatic Computing Engine (ACE) pilot model, 1949
Transmission diffraction grating
Cardboard box assumed to contain valves from the Slow Speed ACE Simulator
Slow-speed ACE simulator, 1950
