Measures for progress : a history of the National Bureau of Standards /

• Main Author: Cochrane, Rexmond C.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : Department of Commerce. National Bureau of Standards, 1966
• Subjects: NORMAS; SISTEMAS DE MEDICION; TECNOLOGIA; HISTORIA; ESTADOS UNIDOS

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. At the turn of the century
• 2. Founding the national Bureau of Standards 1901-10
• 3. Electricity, railroads, nad radio 1911-16
• 4. The war years 1917-19
• 5. The tide of commerce and industry 1920-30
• 6. The time of the Great Depression 1931-40
• 7. World War II research 1941-45
• 8. The new world of science 1946-51
• The crucial decade, an envoi
• Appendices.