Centennial Publication Selection Committee The following individuals served on the Committee that developed the criteria for selecting publications to be included in this volume. The Committee solicited nominations, selected the publications to be included from the approximately 450 nominations that were submitted, and coordinated the preparation of short accounts of the chosen publications: Brian Belanger, Director's Office (Chair) Walter Leight, Technology Services (Vice Chair) Ronald Boisvert, Information Technology Laboratory Susan Makar, Office of Information Services John Mayo-Wells, Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory Dale Newbury, Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory Daniel Pierce, Physics Laboratory H. Steffen Peiser, Standards Alumni Association W. Reeves Tilley, Standards Alumni Association James S. Albus Ronald F. Boisvert Lewis M. Branscomb M. Carroll Croarkin John Cugini Richard D. Deslattes Ted Doiron R. Dziuba Charles Ehrlich J. W. Ekin Bruce R. Ellingwood R. E. Elmquist James Faller Fred Fickett B. Fonoroff D. L. Franzen Stephen Freiman Geoffrey Frohnsdorff Edwin Fuller J. W. Gadzuk Ernest Garner Martha M. Gray List of Vignette Contributors Daniel Gross James E. Hill John Hoffman J. R. Kinard, Jr. Richard H. Kropschot James Lawrence Walter G. Leight Tom Lettieri Johanna M. H. Levelt Sengers Don Libes David R. Lide Richard M. Lindstrom Daniel W. Lozier William Luecke John W. Lyons Ted Madey J. F. Mayo-Wells Calvin S. McCamy Howard McMurdie James R. McNesby Norman E. Mease Alan D. Mighell Michael R. Moldover Raymond D. Mountain Ronald Munro Victor Nedzelnitsky Harold Nelson Dale E. Newbury Other Acknowledgments Anita O'Brien Dianne P. O'Leary Helen Ondik Hans J. Oser H. Steffen Peiser A. G. Repjar John R. Rumble, Jr. F. Scire Thomas R. Scott Robert Sienkiewicz Tom Siewert Deborah Smyth Richard N. Spivack Kenneth D. Steckler Donald B. Sullivan Y. Tang E. C. Teague John Tesk W. R. Thurber R. D. Young In addition to the individuals listed above, several others have played a key role in the preparation of this volume. Particular thanks are due to Susan Makar for meticulous checking of the bibliographic references; to Ilse Putman for an excellent typesetting job; to Carolyn Stull for carefully editing the final manuscripts; and to Kristy Thompson for designing and maintaining the web site for the Centennial Publications project. Table of Contents The Absolute Measurement of Inductance Determination of the Constants of Total Radiation From a Black Body The Testing of Thermal Insulators Precipitation Hardening of Metal Alloys... Construction and Operation of a Simple Homemade Radio Receiving Outfit Methods for Standardizing and Testing Precision Gage Blocks .... Recommended Minimum Requirements for Small Dwelling Construction.. A Hydrogen Isotope of Mass 2 .... Air Flow and Turbulence in Boundary Layers.. Thermodynamic Properties of Water and Steam for Power Generation Absolute Pressure Calibrations of Microphones. Absolute Determination of the Ampere... |