Preamble; Preface; Contents; 1. The Foundation and the Key Role of Werner Siemens; 2. Some Memoranda at the Beginning; Vote of the Herr Geheimer Regierungsrath Dr. Werner Siemens (April 1883); Vote of the Chief of the Trigonometric Department of the Royal Survey, Herrn Oberstlieutenant Schreiber (May 1883); The Dependence of the Royal Survey on the Advances in the Area of Precision Technique; Vote of the Herr Geheimer Regierungs-Rat Prof. Dr. von Helmholtz (June 1883); About the Tasks of the Scientific Section of the Projected Physical-Mechanical Institute
Summary
In 1887, the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) was originally founded as the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt (PTR) in Berlin in order to promote basic research in physics. It subsequently developed into the largest research center worldwide as a place where scientists could concentrate exclusively on their research subject, and served as a model for similar institutes established in other countries. Within a very short time, the PTR produced extremely important scientific results that cemented its international position at the top, such as Max Planck's radiation law and energy
