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

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WARTIME PROJECTS OF THE<br />

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF<br />

as <strong>of</strong> September 1918*<br />

DIRECTOR Stratton, Dr Samuel W.<br />

Technical Assistant to <strong>the</strong> Director *Schlink Frederick J. 1913—19<br />

ELECTRICAL DIVISION Rosa, Dr Edward B.<br />

Technical Assistants Agnew, Dr Paul C.<br />

Crittenden, Dr Eugene<br />

C.<br />

<strong>Standards</strong> <strong>of</strong> Resistance<br />

Airplane gun control and o<strong>the</strong>r problems Wenner, Dr Frank<br />

Macaulay, D. L.<br />

High frequency sound waves in water *wright, Winthrop R. 1917—19<br />

Centrifugal gun and o<strong>the</strong>r problems *Purington, Ellison S. 1915—19<br />

Inductance and capacity<br />

Ballistics <strong>of</strong> large caliber guns Curtis, Dr Harvey L.<br />

Exterior ballistics <strong>of</strong> large caliber guns *Duncan, Robert C. 1917—21<br />

Richards, Horace C.<br />

*Moore, Harry H. 1915—23<br />

Interior ballistics <strong>of</strong> large caliber guns Kester, Frederick E.<br />

Subterranean sound investigations Huf<strong>for</strong>d, Mason E.<br />

Wood, Capt. H. 0.<br />

Crane, 1st Lt. E. C.<br />

Machine gun synchronization *Morgan, Raymond 1917—42<br />

Jump and whip <strong>of</strong> gun at time <strong>of</strong> firing Mertz, Pierre<br />

Electrical Measuring Instruments<br />

Fire-control apparatus Brooks, Dr Herbert B.<br />

*Stannard, Winfield H. 1909—19<br />

Ignition Silsbee, Dr Francis B.<br />

*Dempsey, James B. 1916—39<br />

*Gorton, William S. 1917—19<br />

Electric trucks and tractors Farmer, T. 0.<br />

*Source: Letter, Director NBS to Technical In<strong>for</strong>mation Section, <strong>Bureau</strong> <strong>of</strong> Air-<br />

craft Production, WD, <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> General Staff, Sept. 20, 1918 (NBS Box 10, IC).<br />

*Schlink, to instrument control department, Firestone Tire and Rubber Co., 1919;<br />

assistant secretary, AESC, 1922; technical director and president, Consumers'<br />

Research, Inc., 1929.<br />

*Wright, returned to teaching, 1919.<br />

*purington, to Hammond Radio Laboratory, Gloucester, Mass., 1919.<br />

*Duncan, to <strong>Bureau</strong> <strong>of</strong> Ordnance, Navy Department, 1921.<br />

*Moore, to Navy Department, 1923.<br />

*Morgan, to Department <strong>of</strong> Physics, University <strong>of</strong> Maryland, 1942.<br />

*Stannard, to Central Scientific Co., Chicago, 1919.<br />

*Dempsey, retired, May 11, 1939.<br />

*Gorton, to Western Electric Co., New York, 1919.<br />

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