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• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A general view of the High Tension Laboratory in the Electricity Division of the National Physical Laboratory. The laboratory is equipped with apparatus to develop very high voltage in order to study the properties of insulators and high tension cables...

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  In the Optics Section of the Light Division at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, a scientist works at the Hilger 'Universal' Lens Testing Interferometer. The main work of the Optics Section consists of the testing of optical materials and...

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A scientist in the Optics Section of the Light Division at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, looks through a microscope in order to read the measurements taken by this high precision spectrometer. The spectrometer is used to measure...

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Two female scientists in the Optics Section of the Light Division at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington conduct a parallelism test on binoculars, using apparatus designed at the NPL. According to the original caption, the equipment "enables...

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A scientist in the Optics Section of the Light Division at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, tests the angular scale of sextants using a large circular piece of equipment, which, according to the original caption, "is supported on steel...

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  In the Optics Section of the Light Division at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, a scientist tests the angular scale of a sextant using a large wheel-like piece of apparatus, which is arranged vertically for economy of space.

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A scientist in the Optics Section of the Light Division at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington uses special apparatus to measure the refraction effect of shades fitted to a sextant or other such optical instrument. The original caption states...

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  In the Optics Section of the Light Division at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington, a scientist uses special apparatus to measure the focus ranges and scales of binoculars and telescopes.

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  In the Metrology Division at the National Physical Laboratory, an operator works on the standard lathe to correct the accuracy of a lead screw for a machine tool. The original caption states that it is being corrected "until its accuracy is closely the...

• NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN WARTIME, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  In the Metallurgy Department at the National Physical Laboratory, a scientist prepares to use an X-ray to test a steel plate. The apparatus used has been recently developed to precisely determine the stresses in metals caused by welding, heat treatment...