NBS Special Publication, Issue 538U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 |
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... Materials Silver Medal Award Recipients Coping with Corrosion Bronze Medal Award Recipients The Materials - Energy Link Other Internal Awards Nondestructive Evaluation Methods NBS Executive Board Other Significant Materials ...
... Materials Silver Medal Award Recipients Coping with Corrosion Bronze Medal Award Recipients The Materials - Energy Link Other Internal Awards Nondestructive Evaluation Methods NBS Executive Board Other Significant Materials ...
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... materials use , using energy efficiently , and other societal challenges . We have now launched a special effort to renew and enhance our technical competences in research areas critical to the Nation and basic to our goals . This ...
... materials use , using energy efficiently , and other societal challenges . We have now launched a special effort to renew and enhance our technical competences in research areas critical to the Nation and basic to our goals . This ...
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... materials , data , and standards that are needed to calibrate equipment , make essential calculations , or improve measurement techniques . • To engineers involved in product or system design - whether it be a waste incineration plant ...
... materials , data , and standards that are needed to calibrate equipment , make essential calculations , or improve measurement techniques . • To engineers involved in product or system design - whether it be a waste incineration plant ...
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... Materials Research , and Applied Technology with a new National Measurement Lab- oratory and a National Engineering Laboratory . There was also a minor realignment of the Institute for Com- puter Sciences and Technology . ( A directory ...
... Materials Research , and Applied Technology with a new National Measurement Lab- oratory and a National Engineering Laboratory . There was also a minor realignment of the Institute for Com- puter Sciences and Technology . ( A directory ...
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... Materials Science National Engineering Laboratory Center for Applied Mathematics Center for Electronics & Electrical Engineering Center for Mechanical Engineering & Process Technology Center for Building Technology Center for Fire ...
... Materials Science National Engineering Laboratory Center for Applied Mathematics Center for Electronics & Electrical Engineering Center for Mechanical Engineering & Process Technology Center for Building Technology Center for Fire ...
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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...