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Science and Technology: the Challenges of the Future
Preface: On its 80th anniversary, the National Bureau of Standards hosted a series of lectures by six distinguished speakers of national and international note who discussed the challenges facing science and technology and, thus, the Bureau in the coming years. This publication contains the texts of these presentations, along with transcripts of the question-and answer sessions following the presentations. The lecture series was organized by Dr. Donald R. Johnson of NBS with the very able assistance of Mrs. Carol Shipley in making arrangements for speakers and handling the manuscripts. The staff of the NML Text Editing Facility are acknowledged for their substantial contributions of typing and editing support.
Date:
May 1982
Creator:
Johnson, Donald R.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Measurement of Electrical Quantities in Pulse Power Systems
Abstract: The Workshop on Measurement of Electrical Quantities in Pulse Power Systems addressed measurements in pulse systems having the characteristics of pulse duration less than a millisecond, system voltages greater than 10 kilovolts, and system currents greater than 10 kiloamperes. The presented papers were divided into four categories: voltage measurements; current measurements; power and energy measurements, and data acquisition. Included are discussions of applications of conventional measurement techniques and state-of-the-art systems.
Date:
June 1982
Creator:
McKnight, R. H. & Hebner, R. E., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Sixty-Sixth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1981
Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date:
January 1982
Creator:
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Federal Laboratory Directory, 1982
Abstract: This Directory provides limited information about some 388 Federal laboratories with ten or more full-time professionals engaged in research and development. Summary data arranged by Federal agency and by State provide a broad overview of the Federal laboratory system. Laboratory lists by staff size, by State and by agency provide a cross reference. For each laboratory, a contact for obtaining technical information is given by name, address, and phone number. Major mission and major scientific or testing equipment is listed for each laboratory.
Date:
February 1983
Creator:
Wyckoff, James M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Standards Committee Activities of the National Bureau of Standards: 1982 Highlights
Abstract: This report summarizes NBS standards committee activities and accomplishments during, calendar year 1982. It describes the management of standards activities at NBS, profiles NBS staf* participation on outside standards committees, and highlights significant technical and individual contributions made by NBS staff. In 1982, 457 staff members (or 29% of NBS' professional, scientific, and technical staff) participated in 1,046 outside standards committees of 97 national and international standards organizations.
Date:
March 1983
Creator:
Newell, Karl G., Jr.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Oil and Gas Supply Modeling
Abstract: The symposium on Oil and Gas Supply Modeling, held at the Department of Commerce, Washington, DC (June 18-20, 1980), was funded by the Energy Information Administration of the Department of Energy and co-sponsored by the National Bureau of Standards' Operations Research Division. The symposium was organized to be a forum in which the theoretical and applied state-of-the-art of oil and gas supply models could be presented and discussed. Speakers addressed the following areas: the realities of oil and gas supply, prediction of oil and gas production, problems in oil and gas modeling, resource appraisal procedures, forecasting field size and production, investment and production strategies, estimating cost and production schedules for undiscovered fields production regulations, resource data, sensitivity analysis of forecasts, econometric analysis of resource depletion, oil and gas finding rates, and various models of oil and gas supply. This volume documents the proceedings (papers and discussion) of the symposium.
Date:
May 1982
Creator:
Gass, Saul I.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report and Directory of Accredited Laboratories: 1981
Annual report describing the activities and goals of the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) during 1981, and a directory list of laboratories including the test methods for which they are accredited.
Date:
September 1982
Creator:
NVLAP (Program : U.S.)
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
National Bureau of Standards
A report on research conducted by the National Engineering Laboratory, the National Measurement Laboratory, and the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology under the direction of the National Bureau of Standards. It also presents the services and special programs offered by the Bureau to researchers and organizations.
Date:
February 1983
Creator:
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Access to Japanese Technical Literature: Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Selected Presentations, Volume 1
Abstract: On June 24-25, 1985, NBS and IEEE cosponsored a seminar at NBS to examine the need fox improved access to Japanese technical information and to explore possible app. aches to satisfy those needs. To limit the discussion to practical dimensions, the technical subject matter was restricted to electrical and electronics engineering. The program was designed to provide an opportunity for individuals representing Congress, the practicing engineering community, industry, and the educational community to voice their concerns and their needs. This proceedings volume contains selected presentations made at the seminar plus the visual aids used by each speaker.
Date:
January 1986
Creator:
Brady, Edward L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Investigation of Fundamental Interactions with Cold Neutrons
Abstract: The National Bureau of Standards is establishing a National Cold Neutron Facility at its 20 MW reactor located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. In order to provide guidance in the development of research plans for the Facility, the Department of Energy and NBS sponsored, on November 14-15, 1985, a workshop on the Investigation of Fundamental Interactions with Cold Neutrons. The 25 papers presented at the workshop are printed in the proceedings.
Date:
February 1986
Creator:
Greene, G. L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating Thermal Fire Detection Systems: English Units
Abstract: This report presents a methodology for evaluating heat detection systems installed in buildings. Previous work for use primarily in designing new thermal fire detection systems was used as a starting point. The previous work was enhanced and supplemented to make it more useful for evaluating existing systems. The resulting equations were programmed into a user interactive computer program. This program is available in both BASIC and FORTRAN and will run on mainframes as well as personal computers. In addition, a modified version of the FORTRAN program was used to develop an extensive set of tables listing detector activation times for given building geometries, detector characteristics, and fire growth rates. These tables are useful for quick evaluation of alternative heat detector installations. Finally practical examples are included to illustrate the use of the tables and computer programs.
Date:
April 1986
Creator:
Stroup, David W.; Evans, David D. & Martin, Phyllis
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating Thermal Fire Detection Systems: SI Units
Abstract: This report presents a methodology for evaluating heat detection systems installed in buildings. Previous work for use primarily in designing new thermal fire detection systems was used as a starting point. The previous work was enhanced and supplemented to make it more useful for evaluating existing systems. The resulting equations were programmed into a user interactive computer program.' This program is available in both BASIC and FORTRAN and will run on mainframe as well as personal computers. In addition, a modified version of the FORTRAN program was used to develop an extensive set of tables listing: detector activation times for given building geometries, detector characteristics, and fire growth rates. These tables are useful for quick evaluation of alternative heat detector installations. Finally, practical examples are included to illustrate the use of the tables and computer programs.
Date:
April 1986
Creator:
Stroup, David W.; Evans, David D. & Martin, Phyllis
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Equation of State for Fluid Ethylene: Erratum
Card listing corrections to several data points documented in a previous technical report, titled "An Equation of State for Fluid Ethylene."
Date:
1981
Creator:
McCarty, Robert D. & Jacobsen, Richard T.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Safety for the Household
Introduction: The purpose of this circular is (a) to emphasize the seriousness of certain risks to life and property frequently occurring in or about the home, (b) to give simple methods of care and caution against such hazards, and (c) to stimulate interest in public measures directed toward safety for household and community.
Date:
January 12, 1948
Creator:
Owen, S. J.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Bending Moment Due to Wind Pressure on Pole Chart 2A
Chart showing bending moment due to wind pressure on poles for various pole heights, circumferences, and loading. It is enlarged from figures in NBS discussion of national electrical safety code (handbook H39).
Date:
August 7, 1944
Creator:
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Ultimate Resisting Moments of Wood Poles Chart 2B
Chart showing the ultimate resisting moments of wood poles based on the circumferences at ground line for different kinds of woods. It is enlarged from figures in NBS discussion of national electrical safety code (handbook H39).
Date:
August 7, 1944
Creator:
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Catenary Chart 3
Chart of catenary curve ordinates: "The curve gives approximate values of sag at all points on the catenary curve expressed in per cent of the center sag. The error is negligible for all spans in which the center sag is less than 10% of the span length." It is enlarged from figures in NBS discussion of national electrical safety code (handbook H39).
Date:
August 7, 1944
Creator:
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type:
Technical Drawing
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Map of Standard Time Zones of the United States and Adjacent Parts of Canada and Mexico as of January 1, 1948
Map of the United States and surrounding areas with time zones marked and labeled in red. Bodies of water are marked, with depth marked by hatchures, as well as state lines and major cities..
Date:
January 1, 1948
Creator:
Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type:
Map
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Nomograms for Obtaining the Compound Composition of Hydrated Limes from the Oxide Analysis
Report with two nomograms presented for rapidly obtaining the compound composition of hydrated limes from the oxide analysis. The general nomogram can be applied to any commercial hydrated lime and gives values accurate to within 0.3 percent while the special nomogram is applicable only to regularly hydrated and highly hydrated dolomitic limes and is accurate to within 0.1 percent.
Date:
December 30, 1949
Creator:
Levin, Ernest M.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Charts of Compressibility Factors and Charts Showing Quantities Delivered by Commercial Cylinders for Hydrogen, Nitrogen, and Oxygen
Two charts are given for each of the gases hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. The first gives directly the number of standard cubic feet of the gas which a cylinder will deliver. The second chart gives values of the compressibility factor and of the density.
Date:
November 17, 1948
Creator:
Hoge, Harold J.; Meyers, Cyril H. & McCoskey, Robert E.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Twenty-Second National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1929
Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date:
June 1929
Creator:
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Twenty-Third National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1930
Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date:
June 1931
Creator:
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Twenty-First National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1928
Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date:
May 1928
Creator:
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Twenty-Fourth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1931
Report of the annual conference on weights and measures, hosted by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. It includes conference proceedings, a list of attendees, information about committees and officers, and other reports or commentaries discussed at the meetings.
Date:
June 1931
Creator:
United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The UNT Digital Library