#metrology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #metrology, aggregated by home.social.
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In celebration of World Metrology Day this week (May 20), here's "The proclamation regarding weights and measures, 1556", a mural by Ford Madox Brown completed c.1893, depicting the announcement that the residents of Manchester "shall send in all manner of weights and measures to be tried by their Majesties standard". The announcement seems to be received about as well as you might expect.
Caption contest, anyone?
#MetrologyDay #metrology #WeightsAndMeasures #mural #FordMadoxBrown #CaptionContest
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An exciting first meeting of the Special Interest Group for #TimeandFrequency took place at the University of Amsterdam, focusing on #metrology and the #science of accurate #time.
SIG-TFN looked into some challenging use cases from redefining the System of Units (SI), detecting #gravitational waves, testing new #physics and supporting European-wide commercial #services such as very accurate time stamps for banks to validate high-frequency trading.
Find out more
👉 https://connect.geant.org/2024/10/30/sig-tfn-meet-for-the-first-time