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

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554 APPENDIX C Act of 20 June 1956, 70 Stat. 321 (Public Law 604)—An Act Making appropriations for the Department of Commerce and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1957, and for other purposes. [Formal ap. proval for the construction of a new Bureau plant at Gaithersburg.] Be it enacted . . . That the following sums are appropriated . . . for the Depart. ment of Commerce . . . namely: Title I—Department of Commerce National Bureau of Standards Construction of facilities: For acquisition of necessary land and to initiate the design of the facilities to be constructed thereon for the National Bureau of Standards outside of the District of Columbia to remain available until expended, $930,000, to be transferred to the General Services Administration.
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Rexmond C. Cochrane MP 275 UNITED S
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Grateful acknowledgment is made to
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IV FOREWORD There are many examples
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VI PREFACE Vannevar Bush, architect
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VIII AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION so many
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CONTENTS Page FOREWORD 'U PREFACE v
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CONTENTS XIII Chapter II. FOUNDING
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CONTENTS XV Chapter III. ELECTRICIT
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CONTENTS XVII Chapter IV. THE WAR Y
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CONTENTS Chapter V. THE TIDE OF COM
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CONTENTS XXI Chapter VII. WORLD WAR
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XXIV CONTENTS THE CRUCIAL DECADE—
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MAIN STREET, 1900 AT THE TURN OF TH
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MAIN STREET, 1900 The marvel of the
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MAIN STREET, 1900 5 prosperous more
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MAIN STREET, 1900 Equally amazing w
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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME 9 Among
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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME 11 make
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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME 13 stit
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THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME 15 comm
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GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE, AND THE GENERA
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GOVERNMENT, SCIENCE, AND THE GENERA
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LOOKING BACK 21 was maintained only
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LOOKING BACK 23 general public. Ada
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LOOKING BACK 25 many more as he cou
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LOOKING BACK 27 barometric pressure
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LOOKING BACK 29 Prototypes of the w
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LOOKING BACK 31 Without the force o
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LAISSEZ-FAIRE STANDARDS 33 necessar
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LAISSEZ-FAIRE STANDARDS 35 the Stat
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LAISSEZ-FAIRE STANDARDS 37 Some of
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A NATiONAL NEED . . . A NATIONAL HU
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A NATiONAL NEED . . . A NATIONAL HU
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A NATIONAL NEED .. . A NATIONAL HUM
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A NATIONAL NEED . . . A NATIONAL HU
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A NATIONAL NEED . . . A NATIONAL HU
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SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON FOUNDING THE
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SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON 51 fessor of
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SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON ing Professo
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SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON 55 For over
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Dr. Frank A. Wolff, Jr., who was ab
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SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON 59 TIlE EVEN
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SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON appeared as
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EDWARD B. ROSA 63 Dr. Edward B. Ros
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EDWARD B. ROSA 65 Free exercise of
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EDWARD B. ROSA 67 Dr. Charles W. Wa
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THE NEW BUREAU LABORATORIES 69 exer
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THE NEW BUREAU LABORATORIES 71 Chas
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ACQUIRING NATIONAL STANDARDS 73 mad
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ACQUIRING NATIONAL STANDARDS Divisi
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ACQUIRING NATIONAL STANDARDS 77 ref
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ACQUIRING NATIONAL STANDARDS 79 in
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ACQUIRiNG NATIONAL STANDARDS The wo
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AN AUTUMN FIRE AND A CONSUMERS' CRU
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The Baltimore fire of 1904. The tur
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AN AUTUMN FIRE AND A CONSUMERS' CRU
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AN: AUTUMN FIRE AND CONSUMERS' CRUS
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THE BEGINNING OF GOVERNMENT TESTING
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THE BEGINNING OF 93 gates, poured c
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The Bureau about 1910, just prior t
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The 2,300,000-pound Emery testing m
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THE BEGiNNING OF GOVERNMENT TESTING
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THE BEGINNING OF GOVERNMENT TESTING
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STANDARDS FOR THE AGE OF ELECTRICIT
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STANDARDS FOR THE AGE OF ELECTRICiT
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STANDARDS FOR PUBLiC UTILITIES 111
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Laboratory setup for testing the ca
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STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES 115
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The first iVBS railway scale test c
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TESTING GOVERNMENT MATERIALS 125 Go
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TESTING GOVERNMENT MATERIALS 127 an
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TESTING GOVERNMENT MATERIALS 129 se
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TESTING GOVERNMENT MATERIALS 131 In
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STANDARDS FOR THE CONSUMER 133 in t
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136 ELECTRICITY, RAILROADS, AND RAD
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148 ELECTRICiTY, RAILROADS, AND RAD
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cJ1 OF COMME The proliferation of B
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152 ELECTRiCITY, RAILROADS, AND RAD
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154 ELECTRICITY, RAiLROADS, AND RAD
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160 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) design.
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162 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) and Gov
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164 Abate, the experimental roiling
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Mule teams leveling the ground for
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C' The Standard Store and gas stati
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170 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) physici
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172 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) it was
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174 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) where t
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176 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) industr
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178 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) cut fro
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180 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) flew at
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182 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) Except
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184 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) But so
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186 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) make it
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OPTICAL GLASS AND OPTICAL INSTRUMEN
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NEW THINGS IN RADIO COMMUNICATION 1
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194 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) read,"
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196 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) up clea
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198 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) The use
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200 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) program
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202 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) investi
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204 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) certain
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206 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) large-s
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208 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) some ye
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210 . THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) estab
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212 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) trade f
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214 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) As appr
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216 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) necessa
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218 THE WAR YEARS (1917-19) tripled
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The Physikalisch-Technische Reichsa
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222 THE TIDE OF COMMERCE AND INDUST
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232 THE TIDE OF COMMERCE AND iNDUST
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238 Unlike Stratton, Dr. George K.
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The Visiting Committee of the Secre
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GEORGE KIMBALL BURGESS 245 and ofte
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GEORGE KIMBALL BURGESS 247 Bureau n
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BUiLDING AND HOUSING 249 Although i
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BUILDING AND HOUSING 251 The spring
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THE CRUSADE FOR STANDARDIZATION 253
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THE CRUSADE FOR STANDARDIZATiON 255
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RESEARCH FOR INDUSTRY 263 RESEARCH
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RESEARCH FOR INDUSTRY 265 appliance
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RESEARCH FOR INDUSTRY 267 molasses
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RESEARCH FOR INDUSTRY quest of the
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278 Freighted with apparatus design
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AUTOMOBILES AND AIRCRAFT 285 Testin
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POLICING THE ETHER 287 circuit crys
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POLICING THE ETHER 289 died in comm
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POLICING THE ETHER 291 If simple re
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POLICING THE ETHER 293 Bureau turne
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POLICING THE ETHER 295 a special hi
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POLICING THE ETHER 297 and radiotel
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THE BUREAU IN THE PUBLIC VIEW THE T
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THE BUREAU IN THE PUBLIC VIEW 301 t
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THE BUREAU IN THE PUBLIC VIEW 303 l
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THE BUREAU IN THE PUBLIC VIEW 307 a
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LYMAN JAMES BRIGGS 309 the wake of
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LYMAN JAMES BRIGGS 311 The Bureau w
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LYMAN JAMES BRIGGS 313 Receiving th
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LYMAN JAMES BRJGGS 317 active inter
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LYMAN JAMES BRJGGS 319 new administ
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TOWARD A REDEFINiTION OF BUREAU FUN
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TOWARD A REDEFINITION OF BUREAU FUN
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TOWARD A REDEFINiTION OF BUREAU FUN
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SOME FUNDAMENTAL WORK ON STANDARDS
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342 THE TIME OF THE GREAT DEPRESSIO
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348 THE TiME OF THE GREAT DEPRESSIO
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366 WORLD WAR II RESEARCH (1941-45)
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370 WORLD WAR I! RESEARCH (1941-45)
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• amounts 376 WORLD WAR II RESEAR
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THE BUREAU AND THE ATOMIC BOMB 387
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THE RADIO PROXIMiTY FUZE 389 ness o
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THE RADIO PROXIMITY FUZE 391 A vari
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THE RADIO PROXIMiTY FUZE 393 Actual
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THE RADIO PROXIMITY FUZE 395 and ot
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THE RADIO PROXIMITY FUZE 397 Novemb
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A GUIDED MISSILE CALLED THE BAT 399
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A GUIDED MISSILE CALLED THE BAT 401
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RADIO AND RADIO-WEATHER PREDICTING
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RADIO AND RADIO-WEATHER PREDICTING
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RADIO AND RADIO-WEATHER PREDiCTING
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RADIO AND RADIO-WEATHER PREDICTiNG
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RESEARCH IN CRITICAL MATERIALS 411
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RESEARCH IN CRITICAL lilA TERIALS 4
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RESEARCH IN CRiTICAL MATERIALS 415
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RESEARCH ZN CRiTiCAL MATERIALS 419
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THE PECULIAR PEACE cated the fissio
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THE PECULIAR PEACE Further augmenti
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THE PECULIAR PEACE 433 Dr. Briggs a
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EDWARD UHLER CONDON weapon and the
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EDWARD UHLER CONDON While at Prince
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496 THE CRUCIAL DECADE—AN EN VOl
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498 THE CRUCIAL DECADE—AN ENVO! s
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500 THE CRUCiAL DECADE—AN EN VOl
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Page 537 and 538: C,' The Visiting Committee of Comme
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Page 541 and 542: 516 APPENDIX A Hassler, a man highl
Page 543 and 544: 518 APPENDIX A When he made known h
Page 545 and 546: 520 APPENDIX A Hassler sets up camp
Page 547 and 548: 522 APPENDIX A A new employment cam
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Page 551 and 552: 526 APPENDIX A possessed the scient
Page 553 and 554: 528 APPENDIX B As the more practica
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Page 560 and 561: APPENDIX B 535 By the 1930's metric
Page 562 and 563: APPENDIX C BASIC LEGISLATION Relati
Page 564 and 565: APPENDIX C For construction and ver
Page 566 and 567: APPENDIX C Eighth. The unit of indu
Page 568 and 569: APPENDIX C 543 Act of 4 March 1909
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Page 572 and 573: APPENDIX C Economy Act of 30 June 1
Page 574 and 575: APPENDIX C 549 For the establishmen
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Page 583 and 584: APPENDIX F NBS APPROPRIATIONS AND O
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Page 587 and 588: APPENDIX 1 NOTES PUBLICATIONS OF TH
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Page 591 and 592: 572 APPENDIX I ELECTRICITY—Contin
Page 593 and 594: 574 APPENDIX / III. THERMOMETRY, PY
Page 595 and 596: 576 APPENDIX J V. CHEMISTRY Electro
Page 597 and 598: 578 APPENDIX / Magnetic Measurement
Page 599 and 600: 580 APPENDIX I Gas Engineering—Co
Page 601 and 602: 582 APPENDIX J Pyrometry—Continue
Page 603 and 604: 584 APPENDIX / Spectroscopy—Conti
Page 605 and 606: 586 APPENDIX / Oils, Rubber, Paper,
Page 607 and 608: ________ 588 APPENDIX J Cement, Con
Page 609 and 610: 590 APPENDIX J Chemical Metallurgy
Page 611 and 612: 592 APPENDIX I II. WEIGHTS AND MEAS
Page 613 and 614: CHIEFS OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNI
Page 615 and 616: 596 APPENDIX / VII. STRUCTURAL ENGI
Page 617 and 618: 598 III. HEAT AND POWER—Continued
Page 619 and 620: ADMINISTRATIVE, SCIENTIFIC, AND TEC
Page 621 and 622: 602 APPENDIX / VIII. METALLURGY 1.
Page 623 and 624: 604 APPENDIX / III. HEAT AND POWER
Page 625 and 626: 606 APPENDIX / XII. CODES AND SPECI
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610 APPENDIX I IX. CLAY AND SILICAT
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ADMINISTRATIVE, SCIENTIFIC, AND TEC
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616 APPENDIX / XIII. ELECTRONICS AN
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620 IV. ATOMIC AND RADIATION PHYSIC
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622 APPENDIX J XII. DATA PROCESSING
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628 APPENDIX I XV. PHYSICAL CHEMIST
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634 APPENDIX K 4. OPTICS 5. CHEMIST
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638 APPENDIX K 6. ENGINEERING PHYSI
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644 APPENDIX K 2. WEIGHTS & MEASURE
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8. METALLURGY APPENDIX K Hobbs, [Lu
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APPENDIX M SAMUEL WESLEY STRATTON F
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4PPENDIX M 653 dent's house and act
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APPENDIX M 655 Prior to his appoint
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APPENDIX M 657 Oneida, the latter a
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APPENDIX M 659 Stratton to serve on
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APPENDIX M 661 materials gathered o
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664 APPENDIX N Philosophical L i b
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APPENDIX 0 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
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APPENDIX 0 671 Estimated Estimated
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE Predecessors of
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE 675 century, and
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE 677 IBrady, Robe
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE 681 NBS HISTORIC
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684 American Mining Congress, 121,
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iNDEX electromagnetic units, 105 el
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INDEX 691 High Voltage Laboratory,
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INDEX London Wireless Conference (s
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INDEX name changes, 43, 48, 69, 332
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INDEX organic reagents, high.purity
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INDEX 699 Radium and X-ray section,
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INDEX standardization, arbitrary, 1
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INDEX WALKER, Percy H., 155 WALLACE
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