Technical Highlights of the National Bureau of Standards

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U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1955

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Page 126 - ... cooperation with the States in securing uniformity in weights and measures laws and methods of inspection...
Page 147 - Handbooks — Recommended codes of engineering and industrial practice (including safety codes) developed in cooperation with interested industries, professional organizations, and regulatory bodies. Special Publications...
Page 97 - It is a voluntary program prepared at the request and with the cooperation of the Department of Defense and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. In...
Page 9 - The Central Radio Propagation Laboratory is the central agency of the Federal Government for obtaining, analyzing, and disseminating information on the propagation of radio waves at all frequencies along the surface of the earth, in the atmosphere, and in space.
Page 20 - The end result of four years of research and study, this dictionary not only includes color names from the various fields of application but also relates all the names listed to a common, fundamental system of designation. It lists...
Page 169 - Use of the equation of hydrostatic equilibrium in determining the temperature distribution in the outer solar atmosphere, SR Pottasch, Astrophys. J. 131, No. 1. 68 (I960). Reception of space diversity transmitters, JW Koch, Wireless World (England) 65, No.
Page iv - ... in codes and specifications; advisory service to government agencies on scientific and technical problems; invention and development of devices to serve special needs of the Government...
Page 155 - The riometer — a device for the continuous measurement of ionospheric absorption, Proc.
Page 138 - SEC. 7. The Secretary shall charge for services performed under the authority of section 3 of this Act, except in cases where he determines that the interest of the Government would be best served by waiving the charge. Such charges may be based upon fixed prices or cost. The appropriation or fund bearing the cost of the services may be reimbursed, or the Secretary may require advance payment subject to such adjustment on completion of the work as may be agreed upon.
Page 106 - Drop tests" have proven their worth and the following form of pre-shipment testing has been approved by the American Society for Testing Materials and the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry.

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