Reports of the Department of Commerce. Report of the Secretary of Commerce and Reports of BureausU.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 |
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Page 60 - The National Bureau of Standards is the principal agency of the federal government for fundamental research in physics, mathematics, chemistry, and engineering. It has the custody of the national standards of physical measurement in terms of which all...
Page 38 - to foster, promote and develop the foreign and domestic commerce
Page 52 - That for the purpose of carrying on the operations of the Government-owned inland, canal, and coastwise waterways system to the point where the system can be transferred to private operation to the best advantage of the Government...
Page 24 - Louisiana... Maine.... Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana _ Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio.... Oklahoma...
Page 12 - ... Director, which made the proposal to the Bureau of the Budget that eventually resulted in this legislation. This letter explains some of the background of it, and sets forth an interpretation of how this appropriation actually would work, which was agreed upon by representatives of the Coast Guard, the Bureau of the Budget, the Treasury and the General Accounting Office that worked on this problem. I would like to insert that letter in the record. I would also like to explain that this letter...
Page 60 - Bureau undertakes major applied research and development programs, develops improved methods for testing materials and equipment, determines physical constants and properties of materials, tests and calibrates standard measuring apparatus and reference standards, develops specifications for Federal purchasing, and serves the Government and the Nation in an advisory capacity on matters relating to the physical sciences.
Page 66 - SEAC was completed the previous year by the NBS staff under the sponsorship of the Department of the Air Force to provide a high-speed computing service for Air Force Project SCOOP (Scientific Computation of Optimum Programs), a pioneer effort in the application of mathematical techniques to large-scale problems of military procurement and administration.
Page 60 - It has the custody of the national standards of physical measurement in terms of which all" working standards in research laboratories and industry are calibrated, and carries on necessary research leading to improvement in such standards and methods of measurement.
Page 66 - SEAC is the fastest general-purpose, automatically sequenced electronic computer now in operation. It was developed and constructed, in a period of 20 months, by the staff of the National Bureau of Standards under the sponsorship of the Department of the Air Force to provide a high-speed computing service for Air Force Project SCOOP (Scientific Computation of Optimum Programs), a pioneering effort in the application of scientific principles to...
Page 66 - It was developed and constructed, in a period of 20 months, by the staff of the National Bureau of Standards under the sponsorship of the Department of the Air Force to provide a high-speed computing service for Air Force Project SCOOP (Scientific Computation of Optimum Programs), a pioneering effort in the application of scientific principles to the large-scale problems of military management and administration. SEAC will also be available for solving important NBS problems of general scientific...