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Report of the Twenty-Sixth National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1936

Description: 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 1937
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the Thirty-Third National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1947

Description: 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: September 1948
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Report of the Thirty-Seventh National Conference on Weights and Measures, 1952

Description: 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: March 19, 1953
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Manual of Fire-Loss Prevention of the Federal Fire Council

Description: From preface: "This issue of the Manual of Fire-Loss Prevention, the first edition of which was published in 1934, includes revisions and additions made in part to cover improvements in the past 10 years in methods of preventing and controlling fires. Such methods remain dependent largely on the elimination of preventable fires and abatement of loss from those that originate, by the use of appropriate designs and materials in building construction and the installation of applicable fire alarm aā€¦ more
Date: 1945
Creator: Federal Fire Council (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Letter from the United States National Bureau of Standards]

Description: Letter from the acting director of the U.S. National Bureau of Standards introducing the materials in the NBS Metric Kit. The kit was compiled to support the Metric Conversion Act, signed in December 1975, which would convert measurements used in the United States to the metric system of measurement. Includes an order form for additional materials and the metric kit envelope.
Date: 1977?
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[United States National Bureau of Standards Metric Conversion Card]

Description: Conversion card issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards containing conversion information for length, area, mass (weight), volume, and temperature (exact). The front lists "Approximate Conversions to Metric Measures" and includes a continuum of temperatures at the bottom and a centimeter ruler along the right side (to 8 cm.). The back of the card lists "Approximate Conversions from Metric Measures" and includes an inch ruler along the right side (to 3 in.).
Date: May 1976
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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America Joins a Metric World

Description: Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards discussing the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, the work of the U.S. Metric Board, and how government agencies are facilitating a switch to the metric system.
Date: February 1976
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Brief History of Measurement Systems: with a Chart of the Modernized Metric System

Description: Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards providing an overview of the English system of measurement used in the United States and of the metric system. The internal pages of the pamphlet contain a chart labeled "The Modernized Metric System" which includes tables of common conversions and a chart of the seven base units: meter/length, kilogram/mass, second/time, ampere/electric current, kelvin/temperature, mole/amount of substance, and candela/luminous intensity, as weā€¦ more
Date: August 1976
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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What About Metric?

Description: Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards discussing the reasons that the U.S. decided passed the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 and provides tables, illustrations, and formulas for converting between customary units and metric units of measuring weight, length, volume, and temperature. It also includes a discussion of how one might expect to use metric measurements in the marketplace, in the home, and at work.
Date: October 1976
Creator: Barbrow, Louis E. & Halpin, Suellen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some References on Metric Information, Including a Chart on All You Need to Know About Metric

Description: Pamphlet issued by the United States National Bureau of Standards containing a list of government pamphlets, reports, and other resources related to the metric system of measurement. It includes a form for ordering materials from the Government Printing Office as well as an illustrated description of everyday conversions for weight, volume, length, and temperature.
Date: January 1977
Creator: United States. National Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Climatic Charts and Data of the Radio Refractive Index for the United States and the World

Description: From Introduction: "This Monograph has as its purpose the compilation and analysis of the extensive radio refractive index data available within the Central Radio Propagation Laboratory of the National Bureau of Standards. This will be accomplished by presenting both tabulations of basic data for specific locations and charts for interpolation to any location."
Date: November 25, 1960
Creator: Bean, B. R.; Horn, J. D. & Ozanich, A. M., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Safety Rules for the Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Supply and Communication Lines: Comprising Part 2 of the Fourth Edition National Electrical Safety Code

Description: Report containing information regarding "the construction and maintenance of overhead and underground electrical supply and communication lines" (p. ii).
Date: April 15, 1927
Creator: United States. Bureau of Standards.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Density and Thermal Expansion of Ethyl Alcohol and of its Mixtures with Water

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Standards over the thermal expansion of ethyl alcohol. As stated in the introduction, "the scope of the present work includes the preparation of pure anhydrous ethyl alcohol, the determination of the density and thermal expansion of this alcohol and its mixtures with water, and the construction from these data of tables for convenient use" (p. 328). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1913
Creator: Osborne, N. S.; McKelvy, E. C. & Bearce, H. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Selective Radiation from the Nernst Glower

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Standards over studies conducted on the radiation emitted from a Nernst filament. Methods and results of the studies are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: 1908
Creator: Coblentz, W. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Testing of Glass Volumetric Apparatus

Description: Report issued by the Bureau of Standards over testing conducted on volumetric glass apparatus. Types of glass apparatus being tested are presented and discussed. The results of the testing are also discussed. This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: 1908
Creator: Osborne, N. S. & Veazey, B. H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Standard Test Specimens of Zinc Bronze (Cu 88, Sn 10, Zn 2) - Parts 1 and 2: Part 1. - Preparation of Specifications, Part II. - Microstructure

Description: Technical paper issued by the Bureau of Standards over tests conducted on the preparation of an alloy. The tests conducted, and their results are presented and discussed. This paper includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
Date: March 15, 1916
Creator: Karr, C. P. & Rawdon, Henry S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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