NBS Special Publication, Issue 538U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 |
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... Efficiency in Industry People Cleaner , More Efficient Utilities Awards from Outside Organizations Better Utility Reliability and Performance Gold Medal Award Recepients Promoting Better Use of Materials Silver Medal Award Recipients ...
... Efficiency in Industry People Cleaner , More Efficient Utilities Awards from Outside Organizations Better Utility Reliability and Performance Gold Medal Award Recepients Promoting Better Use of Materials Silver Medal Award Recipients ...
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... efficient refrigerator - the Bureau is an authoritative distributor of technical guidelines and standards . To Federal and local government officials administering energy , materials , or any number of research . programs , the Bureau ...
... efficient refrigerator - the Bureau is an authoritative distributor of technical guidelines and standards . To Federal and local government officials administering energy , materials , or any number of research . programs , the Bureau ...
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... efficient , less polluting com- bustion . ⚫ developed two Standard Reference Materials ( SRM's ) for wheat and rice flours . These SRM's will help assure the accuracy of measurements of important constituents in flour present only at ...
... efficient , less polluting com- bustion . ⚫ developed two Standard Reference Materials ( SRM's ) for wheat and rice flours . These SRM's will help assure the accuracy of measurements of important constituents in flour present only at ...
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... efficient testing and product standards . Recent activities in the NBS Center for Consumer Product Technology are aimed at filling this need and include : ⚫ testing of a device claimed to be effective in shutting off unvented gas ...
... efficient testing and product standards . Recent activities in the NBS Center for Consumer Product Technology are aimed at filling this need and include : ⚫ testing of a device claimed to be effective in shutting off unvented gas ...
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... efficiency and greater end - use conser- vation . Guided by the Bureau's Office of Energy Programs , important energy- related tasks are being carried out in every major unit of the National Engineering Laboratory . Several units of the ...
... efficiency and greater end - use conser- vation . Guided by the Bureau's Office of Energy Programs , important energy- related tasks are being carried out in every major unit of the National Engineering Laboratory . Several units of the ...
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Page 83 - ... materials needed by industry, commerce, educational institutions, and Government; provides advisory and research services to other Government Agencies; develops, produces, and distributes Standard Reference Materials; and provides calibration services. The Laboratory consists of the following centers: Absolute Physical Quantities...
Page 80 - Informed consumers are essential to the fair and efficient functioning of a free market economy. Packages and their labels should enable consumers to obtain accurate information as to the quantity of the contents and should facilitate value comparisons.
Page 79 - ... adopted or recognized by the Government; the construction, when necessary, of standards, their multiples and subdivisions; the testing and calibration of standard measuring apparatus; the solution of problems which arise in connection with standards; the determination of physical constants and properties of materials, when such data are of great importance to scientific or manufacturing interests and are not to be obtained of sufficient accuracy elsewhere.
Page 83 - States of a complete and consistent system of physical measurement; coordinates that system with measurement systems of other nations; and furnishes essential services leading to accurate and uniform physical measurements throughout the Nation's scientific community, industry, and commerce.
Page 79 - Government on a reimbursable basis. (b) Departments and agencies of the Federal Government shall exercise their powers, duties, and functions in such manner as will assist in carrying out the objectives of this Act.
Page 80 - The specifications shall pertain to the physical and chemical properties and characteristics of such materials with regard to their use in replacing virgin materials in various industrial, commercial, and governmental uses.
Page 80 - Act which is inconsistent with the provisions of this section shall be applicable in the administration of this section. (f) The Secretary of Commerce is authorized (1) to provide agencies, and the Administrator of General Services in the exercise of the authority delegated in this section, with scientific and technological advisory services relating to automatic data processing and related systems, and (2) to make appropriate recommendations to the President relating to the establishment of uniform...
Page 79 - The development of methods for testing materials, mechanisms, and structures, and the testing of materials, supplies, and equipment, including items purchased for use of Government departments and independent establishments.
Page 81 - ... consultation by the Secretary of Commerce with the National Conference of Weights and Measures in order to assure that State and local weights and measures officials are...
Page 79 - That the functions of the bureau shall consist in the custody of the standards; the comparison of the standards used in scientific investigations, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, and educational institutions with the standards adopted or recognized by the Government; the construction, when necessary, of standards, their multiples and subdivisions; the testing and calibration of standard measuring apparatus; the solution of problems which arise in connection with standards; the determination...