The NPL's history page concentrates on their work (e.g. they weighed Concorde, no mean feat) rather than their buildings. NPL began its life housed in the former royal residence, Bushy House, in Bushy Park. This photo shows the grand opening of the Queens Road Gates in 1925.
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National Physical Laboratory stone war memorial
The National Archive BIS War Memorials has research about all the names on th...
NPL - Golden Jubilee
NPL National Phusical Laboratory Liriodendron Tulipifera Tulip tree This tree...
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James Parkinson
Physician, geologist, political activist. Parkinson's disease is his. Born 1 Hoxton Square. Died at home, 3 Pleasant Row, Kingsland Road.
Reginald Ruggles Gates
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Lyon Playfair
One of the Special Commissioners for the Great Exhibition 1851. Born in Bengal. Chemist. 1st Baron Playfair. Died at home in South Kensington.
Person, Politics & Administration, Science, Bengal, Scotland
Fred Hoyle
Sir Fred Hoyle FRS was an astronomer who held some controversial views. He coined the term"Big Bang", even though he rejected the theory, preferring the "steady-state model". He also believed that...
Captain Alexander Ross Clarke
Surveyor. Born Reading. Served in Canada and on his return worked on the ordnance survey in Southampton. Died Reigate. the picture source has a bio.
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Royal Military Academy - original plaque
SE18, Artillery Square, Academy Performing Arts
Sometime 2011-17 the rather nice yellow plaque was replaced with the bronze rectangle which doesn't look new nor designed for an exterior...
Alderman Hannah Jeffcote
Member of Housing Committee, Diss Street 1922.
Mayfair's oldest house
W1, Stanhope Row, Park Lane Mews Hotel
Unveiled as part of Westminster's 50th anniversary commemorations marking the end of WW2. The plant-screened section of the text was pro...
Frederick Simms
Mechanical engineer and businessman. Born Hamburg, where his grandfather, from Birmingham, had established a business. Educated Germany and London. Inventor and motor industry pioneer. Coined the w...
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