| Unreal Measurements | International Accreditation Body | Labs By Equipment | PSL By Year | Archaic Units of Measurement |
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What is a BEARD-SECOND?
This unit is the length an average beard grows in one second.
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What is the UK?
(United Kingdom Accreditation Service)
UKAS
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Where is the LEAKS LAB?
A
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What is 1968?
The year the name of the lab changed to the Primary Standards Laboratory.
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What is a CUBIT?
This ancient unit was the length of the Pharaoh's forearm.
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What is a NEW YORK SECOND?
Defined as the period of time between a traffic light turning green and the NY cabbie behind you honking.
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What is CANADA?
(National Research Council of Canada)
NRC
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Where is the DC LAB?
B
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What is 1994?
PSL moved into Building 827 in this year.
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What is a CANDLEPOWER?
This "wicked" unit of luminosity was defined by the English Metropolitan Gas Act of 1860.
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What is a DONKEY-POWER?
This unit is defined as 1/3 of a horsepower, or 250 watts.
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What is GERMANY?
(Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle)
DAKKS
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Where is the FASH LAB?
C
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What is 1994?
The year PSL first achieved NVLAP accreditation.
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What is a PENNYWEIGHT?
It makes "cents" that jewelers "coined" this term for the weight of precious gems and metals.
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What is a WARHOL?
This measurement unit is equivalent to 15 minutes of fame.
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What is FINLAND?
(Finnish Accreditation Service)
FINAS
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Where is the LEAKS LAB?
D
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What is 1961?
Sandia joined the NCSLI as a founding member in this year.
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What is a PALM?
This "handy" ancient Egyptian unit was equivalent to 3 inches.
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What is a SAGAN?
This unit is defined as billions and billions.
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What is JAPAN?
(National Metrology Institute of Japan)
NMIJ
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Where is the VACUUM LAB?
E
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What is 2016?
Tom Wunsch and Jim Novak were named winners of the R&D Magazine's Green Tech Special Recognition Award for their Precision High Power Battery Tester in this year.
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What is a METER?
A long time ago, this was defined as one ten-millionths of the distance between the North Pole and the Equator through Paris.
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