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THE idea of a physical laboratory in which problems bearing at once on science and on industry might be solved is comparatively new. The Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt, founded in Berlin by the joint labours of Werner von Siemens and von Helmholtz during the years 1883–87, was perhaps the first. It is less than ten years since Dr. Lodge, in his address to Section A of the British Association, outlined the scheme of work for such an institution here in England. Nothing came of this; a committee met and discussed plans, but it was felt to be hopeless to approach the Government, and without Government aid there were no funds.
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The Aims of the National Physical Laboratory 1 . Nature 64, 290–293 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064290a0
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