Episode 1538
National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)
Tue, 2021-Jul-20 00:35 UTC
Length - 1:49
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The random article for Tuesday, 20 July 2021 is National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom).
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the national measurement standards laboratory of the United Kingdom. It is one of the most extensive government laboratories in the UK and has a prestigious reputation for its role in setting and maintaining physical standards for British industry.
Founded in 1900, it is one of the oldest metrology institutes in the world. The former heads of NPL include many individuals who were pillars of the British scientific establishment. Research work at NPL has contributed to the advancement of many disciplines of science, including the development of atomic clocks as well as packet switching, which is today one of the fundamental technologies of the Internet. NPL is based at Bushy Park in Teddington, England. It is under the management of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:35 UTC on Tuesday, 20 July 2021.
For the full current version of the article, see National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) on Wikipedia.
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