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| Basic Research Focused on Metrology |
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Right from the outset, the institute was characterized by a totally new approach: studies in the fields of physics and technology, and for large-scale projects in particular, were conducted in teams. Nevertheless, the individual accomplishments of numerous research scientists left their unmistakable mark on the development of the PTR.
A large number of remarkable milestones punctuate the history of the metrology institute. It performed basic research focused on the field of measuring technology: it tested the accuracy and reliability of measuring instruments.
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| The main building of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt in Charlottenburg, Berlin. | The laboratory building of the Physikalisch-
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From 1898 onwards, it was given the legal task of creating units of electricity and monitoring instruments for measuring electrical quantities. In the same year it commenced the certification of clinical thermometers. In 1923 the Imperial Institute for Weights and Measures was integrated. This meant the PTR was then responsible for all legal.
The founding of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt resulted from an awareness that a national measuring authority was an essential part of the infrastructure of an industrialized country.
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