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Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards

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Dr. Briggs, Director Emeritus, and Mr. Ossie Bluege, comptroller <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Washington<br />

Baseball Club and <strong>for</strong>merly third baseman and manager, at Griffith Stadium in 1959,<br />

measuring <strong>the</strong> spin <strong>of</strong> a pitched ball with <strong>the</strong> aid <strong>of</strong> a flat measuring tape fastened to<br />

<strong>the</strong> ball.<br />

The baseball impact machine<br />

constructed at <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong> <strong>for</strong><br />

measuring <strong>the</strong> coefficient <strong>of</strong><br />

restitution (evidences <strong>of</strong> live-<br />

liness) <strong>of</strong> baseballs.

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