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

APPENDIX K
4. OPTICS
5. CHEMISTRY
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Nutting, Some new rectifying effects in conducting gases
[Development with Sperling of the first neon sign tub-
ing] (S6, 1904)
Coblentz, A vacuum radiomicrometer (A new form of
radiometer] (S46, 1906)
Bates, A quartz compensating polariscope with adjusting
sensibility (S86,
Nutting, The resolving power of objectives (S122, 1909)
Stokes & Cain, On the colorimetric determination of iron
with special reference to chemical reagents (S53, 1907)
Noyes, The atomic weight of hydrogen (S77, 1908)
Douty, Bursting strength. The conditions which influence
this test of paper considered (Paper Trade J. 50, 271,
1910)
NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY—1911-1916
1. ELECTRICITY Agnew, A study of the current transformer - - - (Pioneer
analysis of the performance of current transformers]
(S164, 1911)
Dellinger, High-frequency ammeters (Measurement of
high-frequency radio current] (S206, 1914)
Vinal & Bates, Comparison of the silver and iodine voltameters
and the determination of the value of the faraday
[Precise determination of the faraday] (S218, 1914)
Curtis, Insulating properties of solid dielectrics (S234,
1915)
Rosa & McCollum, Electrolysis and its mitigation (T52,
1915; Logan, C450, 1945)
Kolster, A direct-reading instrument for measuring the
logarithmic decrement and wave length of electromagnetic
waves [The Koister decremeter] (S235, 1915)
Brooks & Weaver, A variable self and mutual inductor
(S290, 1917)
Rosa & Vinal, Summary of experiments on the silver voltameter
- - - and proposed specifications (S285, 1916)
2. WEIGHTS &
MEASURES
3. HEAT &
THERMOMETRY
Gray, Hidnert & Souder, Development of precision micro-
metric thermal expansion equipment (J. Wash. Acad.
Sci. 2, 248, 1912; S219, 1914; S276, 1916; S410, 1922;
S524, 1926)
U.S. standard tables for petroleum oils (C57, 1916;
C154, 1924; C410, 1936—37)
Waidner & Burgess, On the constancy of the sulphur boil-
ing point (S149, 1911)
Buckingham & Dellinger, On the computation of the con-
stant C2 of Planck's equation by an extension of
Paschen's method of equal ordinates (S162, 1911)
Harper, Thermometric lag (S185, 1912)
Burgess, A micropyrometer (S198, 1913)
Dickinson & Mueller, New calorimetric resistance ther-
mometers (S200, 1913; Sligh, S407, 1922)