Bushy House, home of the National Physical Laboratory (noisemaker)
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The National Physical Laboratory begins in 1907 an ongoing and still continuing task, testing for accuracy the meters of taxi cabs   NPL




A ship tank, 150 metres long, is opened in 1911 at the National Physical Laboratory for marine testing   NPL




Early tests of the Dambusters' bouncing bomb are carried out in 1942 at the National Physical Laboratory's ship tank   NPL




The first accurate caesium clock is developed at the National Physical Laboratory   NPL




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