From the Nippur-Elle to the gravitational wave interferometer - the exciting development of length measurement

TU Ilmenau Citizens' Campus. Topic: From the Nippur ulna to the gravitational wave interferometer - The exciting development of length measurement . Speaker: Jun. Thomas Kissinger, TU Ilmenau, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Head of the Group of Nanofabrication and Nanomeasurement Technology Time: Friday, 25.11.2022, 3:00 p.m. Place: TU Ilmenau, Faradaybau, Weimarer Straße 32 Admission: 5 Euro The precise measurement of lengths, along with the measurement of weights, is of fundamental importance for the development of mankind. It allows standardization and division of labor in trade and industry and led to decisive scientific breakthroughs. Standardized measures of length have been used for thousands of years - mostly fixed on the basis of the limbs of kings. Later, the French Revolution put the definition of linear measures on an objective basis: the circumference of the earth.
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