National Institute of Standards and Technology

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National Institute of Standards and Technology

A federal research laboratory in the United States. Established in 1901, it conducts research in various scientific fields and has contributed to developments in x-rays, smoke detectors, and pollution control, among other things. It is an agency under the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Condon, the director of the National Bureau of Standards, examines a model of the ammonia molecule (1949).
The critical values constructed in this paper are based on the two tables congregated by National Bureau of standards (1950) and Ballistic Research Laboratory (1944).
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And the agency is insisting that all labs and manufacturers begin using certified reference materials developed at the National Bureau of Standards and other top labs in the country.
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These went to: James Albus, Chief of the Industrial Systems Div, National Bureau of Standards, USA; Cesare Bracco, VP and General Director of Manufacturing, Fiat Auto, Italy; and William Tanner, President, Productivity Systems Inc, USA.
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