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National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)

1900 establishments in the United KingdomAlan TuringBuildings and structures in the London Borough of Richmond upon ThamesBushy ParkDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
EngvarB from May 2017Laboratories in the United KingdomMetrologyNational Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom)Organisations based in the London Borough of Richmond upon ThamesPhysics laboratoriesResearch institutes established in 1900Research institutes in LondonScience and technology in LondonSercoStandards organisations in the United KingdomTeddington
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is the national measurement standards laboratory of the United Kingdom. It sets and maintains physical standards for British industry. Founded in 1900, the NPL is one of the oldest metrology institutes in the world. Research and development work at the laboratory has contributed to the advancement of many disciplines of science, including the development early computers in the late 1940s and 1950s, construction of the first accurate atomic clock in 1955, and the invention and pioneering implementation of packet switching in the 1960s, which is today one of the fundamental technologies of the Internet. The former heads of NPL include many individuals who were pillars of the British scientific establishment.NPL is based at Bushy Park in Teddington, west London. It is managed under the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and is one of the most extensive government laboratories in the United Kingdom.

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