UK’s National Physical Laboratory / Duplex Wind Tunnel / NPL The National Physical Laboratory / Engineering Building / basement of Bushy House / /
IndustryTerm
large automatic computing engine / car horns / /
NaturalFeature
South coast / /
Organization
NPL’s Engineering Department / Air Ministry / Department of Metallurgy and Metallurgical Chemistry / Royal Society / House of Commons / /
Person
Alan Turing / Walter Rosenhain / Robert Watson-Watt / Yarrow Tank / Louis Essen / William Froude / Edward Salisbury / Richard Tetley Glazebrook / Thomas Stanton / Newton / /
Position
Prince / first Director / Director of Kew Gardens / Queen / president / Commissioner / brilliant investigator / First Commissioner / Superintendent / Superintendent of a new radio department / /
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