In March, 1961, representatives of the national laboratories of Australia, Canada, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, U.S.S.R., United States, and West Germany, met at the NBS to devise means for reaching international agreement on a temperature scale between 10 and 90 Af.

These thermometers have now been sent to the United Kingdom for calibration at the National Physical Laboratory.

Cultural anthropology is also called socio-cultural anthropology or social anthropology ( especially in the United Kingdom ).

* Association of Drainage Authorities, membership body for those involved in water level management in the United Kingdom

Aberdeen is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom.

* Animal ( clothing ), a sportswear retailer and brand based in the United Kingdom

Modern arable agriculture typically uses large field ( agriculture ) | fields like this one in Dorset, England, United Kingdom

The five largest modern countries that are mainly archipelagos are Indonesia, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

* 1877 – The United Kingdom annexes the Transvaal.

* 1963 – The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.

* 1993 – Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.

* 1896 – Anglo-Zanzibar War: the shortest war in world history ( 09: 00 to 09: 45 ) between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar.

* 1861 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria.

* 1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic – two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.

* 1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.

* Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Jamaica from the United Kingdom in 1962.

* 1902 – Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

* 1907 – The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England, United Kingdom.

* 2006 – At least 21 suspected terrorists are arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom.

Azerbaijan currently has diplomatic relations with 160 countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, the People's Republic of China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Libya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Republic of India, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

* United Kingdom comparative: about one third larger ( 30 %) than Wales

Countries that officially recognize the Armenian genocide include Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay, Vatican City and Venezuela ; additionally, some regional governments of countries recognize the Armenian genocide, such as New South Wales in Australia and Wales in the United Kingdom, also officially recognize the Armenian Genocide.

The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and as with all other national museums in the United Kingdom it charges no admission fee.

In the United Kingdom the official term is " non-departmental public body " or NDPB.

* Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, formerly an executive non-departmental public body ( NDPB ) of the Department for Education in the United Kingdom

The Health and Safety Executive ( HSE ) is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom with its headquarters in Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

The Serious Organised Crime Agency ( SOCA ) is a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom under Home Office sponsorship.

Agencies in the United Kingdom are either executive agencies answerable to government ministers or non-departmental public bodies answerable directly to one of the parliaments or devolved assemblies of the United Kingdom.

The National Audit Office ( NAO ) is an independent Parliamentary body in the United Kingdom which is responsible for auditing central government departments, government agencies and non-departmental public bodies.

The National Assessment Agency ( NAA ) was, until December 2008, a subsidiary unit of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority ( QCA ), an executive non-departmental public body ( NDPB ) of the Department for Education and Skills ( now the Department for Education ) in the United Kingdom.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England ( HEFCE ) is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills ( previously the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills ) in the United Kingdom, which has been responsible for the distribution of funding to Universities and Colleges of Higher and Further Education in England since 1992.

The Commission for Racial Equality ( CRE ) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom which aimed to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality.

The Westminster Foundation for Democracy ( WFD ) is a United Kingdom non-departmental public body set up to promote democratic institutions overseas.

In existence from 2001 to 2006, the Strategic Rail Authority ( SRA ) was a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom set up under the Transport Act 2000 to provide strategic direction for the railway industry.

Becta, originally known as the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, was a non-departmental public body ( popularly known as a Quango ) funded by the Department for Education and its predecessor departments, in the United Kingdom.

The Metrication Board was a non-departmental public body that existed in the United Kingdom to promote and coordinate metrication within the country.

) in the United Kingdom, is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to Parliament and is sponsored by the Ministry of Justice.

The Competition Commission is a non-departmental public body responsible for investigating mergers, markets and other enquiries related to regulated industries under competition law in the United Kingdom.

* Commission for Health Improvement, a former non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, a regional development agency ( RDA ) was a non-departmental public body established for the purpose of development, primarily economic, of one of England's Government Office regions.

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority ( NDA ) is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom formed by the Energy Act 2004.

The National Heritage Memorial Fund ( NHMF ) is a non-departmental public body set up under the National Heritage Act 1980 in memory of people who gave their lives for the United Kingdom.

In the United Kingdom, which is the biggest contributor to the Plan, this process is managed by the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom, a non-departmental public body, and funded by the Department for International Development.

The Human Tissue Authority is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom that regulates the removal, storage, use and disposal of human bodies, organs and tissue for a number of scheduled purposes such as research, transplantation, and education and training.