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Electron Optical Studies of Low-Pressure Gases (open access)

Electron Optical Studies of Low-Pressure Gases

From Abstract: "This document is the final report of research carried on in the Electron Physics Section of the National Bureau of Standards during the period from February 1, 1955 to March 1962 in developing an electron optical method for the visualization of low-pressure gas flow."
Date: August 16, 1963
Creator: Marton, L.; Schubert, David C. & Mielczarek, S. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Methods for the Dynamic Calibration of Pressure Transducers (open access)

Methods for the Dynamic Calibration of Pressure Transducers

From Introduction Statement of Objectives: "The purpose of this publication is to provide assistance to the practicing engineer who is faced with the problem of making dynamic measurements of rapidly changing pressures."
Date: December 12, 1963
Creator: Schweppe, J. L.; Eichberger, L. C.; Muster, D. F.; Michaels, E. L. & Paskusz, G. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Precise Measurement of Heat of Combustion with a Bomb Calorimeter (open access)

Precise Measurement of Heat of Combustion with a Bomb Calorimeter

From Introduction: "This Monograph describes methods and apparatus used at the National Bureau of Standards in connection with several series of investigations of heats of combustion of aircraft fuels [4, 5, 6, 7]."
Date: February 26, 1960
Creator: Jessup, R. S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Microwave Spectral Tables: [Volume 1.] Diatomic Molecules (open access)

Microwave Spectral Tables: [Volume 1.] Diatomic Molecules

From Abstract: "For about 1500 spectral lines of diatomic molecules observed by coherent radiation techniques, measured frequencies, assigned quantum numbers, and newly computed intensities are given."
Date: December 1, 1964
Creator: Wacker, Paul F.; Mizushima, Masataka; Peterson, Jean D. & Ballard, Joe R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standard Cells: Their Construction, Maintenance, and Characteristics (open access)

Standard Cells: Their Construction, Maintenance, and Characteristics

From Abstract: "This Monograph contains information on the construction, maintenance, and characteristics of standard cells. The effects of temperature, pressure, electric current, light, shock, and vibration on standard cells are discussed."
Date: January 15, 1965
Creator: Hamer, Walter J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Hydraulics of Horizontal Drains in Plumbing Systems (open access)

Investigation of the Hydraulics of Horizontal Drains in Plumbing Systems

From introduction: "In this paper, data obtained by Hunter and by the author are reported from laboratory investigations of (1) surge flow introduced into empty simply drains, (2) attenuation of surges in simple drains, (3) continuous full-section flow in simple drains under substantially steady, uniform conditions, (4) steady flow in compound drains, and (5) surge flow introduced through a branch drain into the side or top of a main drain carrying steady flow."
Date: December 18, 1964
Creator: Wyly, Robert S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Heat Treatment and Properties of Iron and Steel (open access)

Heat Treatment and Properties of Iron and Steel

From Abstract: "This Monograph is a revision of the previous NBS Monograph 18. Its purpose is to provide an understanding of the heat treatment of iron and steels, principally to those unacquainted with this subject. The basic principles involved in the heat treatment of these materials are presented in simple form." From Introduction: "This Monograph has been prepared to answer such inquires and to give in simplified form a working knowledge of the basic theoretical and practical principles involved in the heat treatment of iron and steel."
Date: November 1, 1966
Creator: Digges, Thomas G.; Rosenberg, Samuel J. & Geil, Glenn W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Thermal Shrinkage on Built-up Roofing (open access)

Effects of Thermal Shrinkage on Built-up Roofing

From Introduction: "The object of this research was to identify and study some of the factors involved in premature failures and to relate the pertinent factors to roof performance."
Date: March 4, 1965
Creator: Cullen, William C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Method for the Dynamic Determination of the Elastic, Dielectric, and Piezoelectric Constants of Quartz (open access)

A Method for the Dynamic Determination of the Elastic, Dielectric, and Piezoelectric Constants of Quartz

From Abstract: "Several dynamic determinations have been made of the constants of quartz. Most of these determinations do not take into account the piezoelectric effect; those that do, suffer from certain deficiencies which are discussed in this paper."
Date: June 1, 1960
Creator: Basri, Saul A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spot Diagrams for the Prediction of Lens Performance From Design Data (open access)

Spot Diagrams for the Prediction of Lens Performance From Design Data

From Abstract: "This Monograph presents an outline of the methods used at the National Bureau of Standards to predict the performance of lenses from an analysis of their designs. The technique is based on the use of spot diagrams, which are analogs of star image tests, and makes extensive use of high-speed digital computers."
Date: September 7, 1965
Creator: Stavroudis, Orestes N. & Sutton, Loyd E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Thermocouple Materials (open access)

Thermocouple Materials

From Introduction: "The purpose of this paper is to present information on materials that are used from 0 degrees C up in thermocouples intended primarily as immersed temperature sensors, and to give so far as is practical properties of these materials that might affect their use in temperature measurement."
Date: March 1, 1962
Creator: Caldwell, F. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Structure Shielding Against Fallout Radiation From Nuclear Weapons (open access)

Structure Shielding Against Fallout Radiation From Nuclear Weapons

From Purpose: "This Monograph is to assist scientists and engineers in the solution of problems of protection from ionizing radiation, particularly radiation from fallout."
Date: June 1, 1962
Creator: Spencer, L. V.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years (open access)

Effect of Exposure Site on Weather Resistance of Porcelain Enamels Exposed for Three Years

From Introduction: "The present report describes the condition of all of the porcelain enamels after exposure for 3 yr."
Date: April 10, 1962
Creator: Moore, Dwight G. & Potter, Alan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project FIST: Fault Isolation by Semi-automatic Techniques (open access)

Project FIST: Fault Isolation by Semi-automatic Techniques

From Abstract: "This report describes the hardware required and discusses practical ways in which the necessary circuitry can be built into prime equipment."
Date: September 17, 1964
Creator: Shapiro, Gustave; Laug, Owen B.; Rogers, George J. & Fulcomer, P. Michael, Jr.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Conductive Flooring for Hospital Operating Rooms (open access)

Conductive Flooring for Hospital Operating Rooms

Report issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies on the importance of conductive flooring in hospitals. Types of conductive flooring are compared, and tested. The methods and results are presented, and discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: March 21, 1960
Creator: Boone, Thomas H.; Hermach, Francis L.; MacArthur, Edgar H. & McAuliff, Rita C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of the Exploding Wire Process as a Source for High Temperature Studies (open access)

Investigation of the Exploding Wire Process as a Source for High Temperature Studies

From Introduction: "It is the purpose of this monograph to bring together and report the results of numerous exploding wire experiments performed at the National Bureau of Standards over the past five years."
Date: November 1968
Creator: Cassidy, Esther C.; Abramowitz, Stanley & Beckett, Charles W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 1. Information Acquistion, Sensing, and Input: A Selective Literature Review (open access)

Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 1. Information Acquistion, Sensing, and Input: A Selective Literature Review

From Introduction: "This report is the first of a series intended to provide a selective overview of research and development efforts and requirements in the somewhat overlapping fields of the computer and information sciences and technologies. The projected series of reports will attempt to outline the probable range of R & D activities in the computer and information sciences and technologies through selective reviews of the literature and to develop a reasonable consensus with respect to the opinions of workers in these and potentially related fields as to areas of continuing R & D concern for research program planning or review in these areas."
Date: March 1970
Creator: Stevens, Mary Elizabeth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Realistic Uncertainties and the Mass Measurement Process: An Illustrated Review (open access)

Realistic Uncertainties and the Mass Measurement Process: An Illustrated Review

From Abstract: "This paper gives a review of the concepts and operations involved in measuring the mass of an object. The importance of viewing measurement as a production process is emphasized and methods of evaluating process parameters are presented."
Date: August 15, 1967
Creator: Pontius, P. E. & Cameron, J. M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Colorimetry (open access)

Colorimetry

"The definition of color, as a characteristics of light, and the basic principles of its measurement are given. The reduction of spectrophotometric data to three chromaticity coordinates by means of the three-function CIE standard observer system for colorimetry is described. Various methods of direct colorimetry, and visual and photoelectric methods of colorimetry by differences from material standards are treated" (p. 1).
Date: January 1968
Creator: Nimeroff, I.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The 1958 He4 Scale of Temperatures: Part 1. Introduction, Part 2. Tables for the 1958 Temperature Scale (open access)

The 1958 He4 Scale of Temperatures: Part 1. Introduction, Part 2. Tables for the 1958 Temperature Scale

Report containing information regarding He4 vapor pressure measurement as of 1958, the recent history of the vapor pressure temperature scale, and a series of tables containing these measurements.
Date: June 17, 1960
Creator: Brickwedde, F. G. (Ferdinand Graft), 1903-; van Dijk, H.; Durieux, M.; Clement, J. R. & Logan, J. K.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Trace Characterization: Chemical and Physical (open access)

Trace Characterization: Chemical and Physical

From Introduction: "This symposium focuses attention on the growing awareness of the necessity for developing and using better methods for characterizing solids. Many of the most interesting properties of solids depend directly upon these small concentrations of impurities and defects, and the illustration of this is a principal theme of this paper."
Date: April 28, 1967
Creator: Meinke, W. Wayne & Scribner, Bourdon F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 3. Overall System Design Considerations: A Selective Literature Review (open access)

Research and Development in the Computer and Information Sciences: [Part] 3. Overall System Design Considerations: A Selective Literature Review

From Introduction: "This is the third in a planned series of reports involving selective literature reviews of research and development requirements and areas of continuing R & D concern in the computer and information sciences and technologies."
Date: June 1970
Creator: Stevens, Mary Elizabeth
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hearing Aids (open access)

Hearing Aids

From Abstract: "This publication contains information, useful to the hard of hearing, on several topics relating to hearing and hearing aids. This publication represents an extensive revision of NBS Circular 534, Hearing Aids. It includes new material based upon research conducted at the National Bureau of Standards during the intervening years."
Date: October 1970
Creator: Corliss, Edith L. R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stabilization of Free Radicals at Low Temperatures: Summary of the NBS Program (open access)

Stabilization of Free Radicals at Low Temperatures: Summary of the NBS Program

From Forward: "Although the first paper in this volume describes the general aspects of the technical management of the program, it is important to emphasize that much of success and productivity of this program stemmed from the sympathetic understanding of its basic viewpoint by both the Department of Defense and the National Bureau of Standards."
Date: August 1, 1960
Creator: Bass, Arnold M. & Broida, H. P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library