A century of measurement : an illustrated history of the National physical laboratory / Eileen Magnello ; with editorial advice from Graeme Gooday.
Pubblicazione:
Bath : Canopus, 2000.
Descrizione fisica:
223 p. : ill., ritr. ; 25 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgements. Preface / John Rae. Foreword / Andrew Wallard. Introduction. 1. Early proposals for State laboratories 2. The establishment of the National physical laboratory 3. Building the National physical laboratory 4. New departments and buildings 5. Optical glass 6. Financing war work and female scientists at the NPL 7. The department of scientific and industrial research 8. Conflict and control 9. Industry and physics 10. Military and industrial research 11. Reorganising the NPL 12. The advisory council on scientific policy 13. Applied physics and industry 14. From military to civil industry 15. Computers at the NPL 16. The ministry of technology 17. The department of trade and industry 18. NPL management limited 19. The future of NPL. Notes. Appendix 1: NPL directors (1900-2000). Appendix 2: The divisional organisation of NPL (1900-2000). Bibliography. Index
