DocumentCode
282808
Title
Electric units at the National Physical Laboratory, 1900-50
Author
Vigoureux, P.
Author_Institution
NPL, Teddington, UK
fYear
1988
fDate
1-3 Jul 1988
Firstpage
9
Lastpage
12
Abstract
The author presents the history of some of the work on electrical units at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) during the first half of the century. The government founded the standards laboratory in 1900 to help industry with calibrations and advice in engineering, metallurgy, ship-building and other subjects. Standards including the determination of the ampere and ohm are discussed
Keywords
electrical engineering; history; standards; AD 1900 to 1950; NPL; National Physical Laboratory; electrical units; history; standards laboratory;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
History of Electrical Engineering, Papers Presented at the Sixteenth I.E.E. Week-End Meeting on the
Conference_Location
Twickenham
Type
conf
Filename
206273
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