A Century of Excellence in Measurements, Standards, and Technology

A Chronicle of Selected NBS/NIST Publications, 1901-2000

NIST Special Publication 958
David R. Lide, Editor

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Front Cover—Title Page—Contents(PDF File) 1000 kb

Articles

Page
002
Introduction (PDF File) 45 kb
David R. Lide

005
The Absolute Measurement of Inductance(PDF File) 672kb
A-M. Jeffrey, N. B. Belecki, and J. F. Mayo-Wells

007
Determination of the Constants of Total Radiation From a Black Body(PDF File) 60 kb
Albert C. Parr

010
The Testing of Thermal Insulators(PDF File) 360 kb
Robert R. Zarr

014
Precipitation Hardening of Metal Alloys(PDF File) 309 kb
Sam Coriell

016
Construction and Operation of a Simple Homemade Radio Receiving Outfit(PDF File) 93 kb
Brian Belanger

019
Methods for Standardizing and Testing Precision Gage Blocks(PDF File) 63 kb
Ted Doiron

022
Recommended Minimum Requirements for Small Dwelling Construction(PDF File) 124 kb
Joel P. Zingeser

025
Visibility of Radiant Energy(PDF File) 48 kb
Jonathan E. Hardis

028
Test of the Severity of Building Fires(PDF File) 817 kb
David Evans, Daniel Gross, and Richard Wright

033
Calculation of Compounds in Portland Cements(PDF File) 590 kb
Geoffrey Frohnsdorff

038
Development of the Visual-Type Airway Radio-Beacon System(PDF File) 833 kb
Hans J. Oser

043
A Hydrogen Isotope of Mass 2(PDF File) 79 kb
Walter J. Hamer and H. Steffen Peiser

046
Air Flow and Turbulence in Boundary Layers(PDF File) 138 kb
Norman A. Mease and James E. Potzick

049
Thermodynamic Properties of Water and Steam for Power Generation(PDF File) 583 kb
Allan H. Harvey and Johanna M. H. Levelt Sengers

053
Absolute Pressure Calibrations of Microphones(PDF File) 47 kb
Victor Nedzelnitsky

056
Absolute Determination of the Ampere(PDF File) 133 kb
E. R. Williams, R. E. Elmquist, N. B. Belecki, and J. F. Mayo-Wells

059
Radio Proximity Fuzes(PDF File) 90 kb
John W. Lyons, E. A. Brown, and B. Fonoroff

063
Stability of Double-Walled Manganin Resistors(PDF File) 1293 kb
R. Dziuba, N. B. Belecki, and J. F. Mayo-Wells

066
Manufacture of Paper for War Maps and Other Applications(PDF File) 44 kb
William K. Wilson

069
Transmission of Sound Waves in Gases at Low Pressures(PDF File) 122 kb
Thomas M. Proctor

073
Atomic Energy Levels and Other Spectroscopic Data(PDF File) 371 kb
Wolfgang L. Wiese

077
Iteration Method for the Solution of the Eigenvalue Problem of Linear Differential and Integral Operators(PDF File) 330 kb
Dianne P. O'Leary

081
Methods of Conjugate Gradients for Solving Linear Systems(PDF File) 375 kb
Dianne P. O'Leary

086
Computer Development at the National Bureau of Standards(PDF File) 378 kb
Russell A. Kirsch

090
Thermal Converters as AC-DC Transfer Standards for Current and Voltage Measurements at Audio Frequencies(PDF File) 1263 kb
J. R. Kinard, Jr., N. B. Belecki, and J. F. Mayo-Wells

093
Selected Values of Chemical Thermodynamic Properties(PDF File) 367 kb
David R. Lide

097
Applied Inorganic Analysis(PDF File) 41 kb
Charles M. Beck II

100
The Diamond Anvil Pressure Cell(PDF File) 659 kb
Gasper Piermarini and Stanley Block

104
Polymer Crystallization With Folded Chains(PDF File) 412 kb
Freddy Khoury, John Hoffman, and Tom Davis

107
Cryogenic Engineering(PDF File) 402 kb
Richard H. Kropschot

111
Reversal of the Parity Conservation Law in Nuclear Physics(PDF File) 92 kb
Ralph P. Hudson

116
Effects of Configuration Interaction on Intensities and Phase Shifts(PDF File) 252 kb
Charles W. Clark

120
Electromagnetic Waves in Stratified Media(PDF File) 1490 kb
D. A. Hill

123
"Second Breakdown" in Transistors(PDF File) 43 kb
Harry A. Schafft

126
Stress Relaxation With Finite Strain(PDF File) 349 kb
Elliot Kearsley and Barry Bernstein

129
Realistic Evaluation of the Precision and Accuracy of Instrument Calibration Systems(PDF File) 495 kb
M. Carroll Croarkin

132
Experimental Statistics(PDF File) 141 kb
M. Carroll Croarkin

135
Handbook of Mathematical Functions(PDF File) 966 kb
Ronald F. Boisvert and Daniel W. Lozier

140
Paths, Trees, and Flowers(PDF File) 184 kb
Christoph Witzgall, Ronald Boisvert, Geraldine Cheok, Saul Gass, Alan Goldman, and James Lawrence

145
Concepts, Terminology, and Notation for Optical Modulation(PDF File) 261 kb
Calvin S. McCamy

149
Theory of Light Scattering in Fluids(PDF File) 46 kb
Raymond D. Mountain

152
Scaling Analysis of Thermodynamic Properties in the Critical Region of Fluids(PDF File) 54 kb
Raymond D. Mountain

155
Resonance Tunneling of Field Emitted Electrons Through Adsorbates on Metal Surfaces(PDF File) 87 kb
J. W. Gadzuk

160
Quantitative Electron Probe Microanalysis(PDF File) 326 kb
Dale E. Newbury

164
Limits for Qualitative Detection and Quantitative Determination(PDF File) 62 kb
Richard M. Lindstrom

167
Traceability: An Evolving Concept(PDF File) 617 kb
Brian Belanger, Stanley Rasberry, Ernest Garner, Carroll Brickencamp, and Charles Ehrlich

172
Code for Information Interchange(PDF File) 49 kb
Martha M. Gray

174
Consumer Information Series(PDF File) 198 kb
Walter G. Leight and W. Reeves Tilley

178
Theory of Isoperibol Calorimetry for Laser Power and Energy Measurement(PDF File) 61 kb
Thomas R. Scott

181
Influence of Water on Crack Growth in Glass(PDF File) 220 kb
Edwin Fuller, William Luecke, and Stephen Freiman

184
Phase Equilibria Diagrams(PDF File) 383 kb
Ronald Munro, Howard McMurdie, Helen Ondik, and Terrell Vanderah

188
Determination of Reduced Cells in Crystallography(PDF File) 61 kb
Alan D. Mighell, Vicky Lynn Karen, and Ronald Munro

191
Speed of Light From Direct Frequency and Wavelength Measurements(PDF File) 474 kb
Donald B. Sullivan

194
Connecting Visible Wavelength Standards With X Rays and {gamma}Rays(PDF File) 1103 kb
Richard D. Deslattes

200
Laser Cooling of Atoms(PDF File) 586 kb
D. B. Sullivan

203
Spin-Polarized Electrons(PDF File) 96 kb
Daniel T. Pierce and Robert J. Celotta

209
Needs for Radioactivity Standards and Measurements in Different Fields(PDF File) 196 kb
Bert Coursey

214
The Topografiner: An Instrument for Measuring Surface Microtopography(PDF File) 256 kb
J. S. Villarurubia, R. D. Young, F. Scire, E. C. Teague, and J. W. Gadzuk

219
Electron-Stimulated Desorption(PDF File) 968 kb
Ted Madey anfd John Yates

224
Photochemistry of Small Molecules(PDF File) 51 kb
James R. McNesby and Ralph Klein

227
Role of Standard Reference Materials in Measurement Systems(PDF File) 64 kb
Thomas E. Gills

230
Metrology and Standardization to Assist Industrializing Economies(PDF File) 51 kb
Lewis M. Branscomb

234
Publications Taking Us Toward a Metric America(PDF File) 1739 kb
Ralph A. Richter

237
A New Approach to Manipulator Control: The Cerebellar Model Articulation Controller(PDF File) 69 kb
James S. Albus

241
Three Dimensional Metrology(PDF File) 1731 kb
Ted Doiron

246
Initial Graphics Exchange Specifications(PDF File) 92 kb
Sharon K. Kemmerer

250
Data Encryption Standard(PDF File) 46 kb
William E. Burr

254
OMNIDATA and the Computerization of Scientific Data(PDF File) 47 kb
John R. Rumble, Jr.

258
FORTRAN Test Programs(PDF File) 40 kb
John Cugini

260
Design and Evaluation Criteria for Energy Conservation in New Buildings(PDF File) 1905 kb
Jim L. Heldenbrand

266
Computer Program for Heating and Cooling Loads in Buildings(PDF File) 90 kb
George Walton

270
Methods for Testing and Rating the Performance of Heating and Air Conditioning Systems(PDF File) 502 kb
James E. Hill

275
System for Fire Safety Evaluation of Health Care Facilities(PDF File) 549 kb
Harold Nelson

280
Estimation of Rate of Heat Release by Means of Oxygen Consumption Measurements(PDF File) 43 kb
Kenneth D. Steckler

283
Probability-Based Load Criteria for Structural Design(PDF File) 821 kb
Bruce R. Ellingwood

289
Resistivity-Dopant Density Relationship for Phosphorus-Doped Silicon(PDF File) 53 kb
W. R. Thurber

291
Critical Data for Critical Needs(PDF File) 73 kb
John R. Rumble, Jr.

294
Materials at Low Temperatures(PDF File) 287 kb
Fred Fickett

297
Optical Fiber Characterization(PDF File) 54 kb
D. L. Franzen

300
Quasicrystals(PDF File) 141 kb
Ronald Munro, Frank Gale, and Carol Handwerker

303
Protein Crystallography by Joint X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction(PDF File) 81 kb
Norman F. Berk

306
Strain Effects in Superconducting Compounds(PDF File) 90 kb
J. W. Ekin

309
Dental Research at the National Bureau of Standards(PDF File) 291 kb
John Tesk and Ronald Munro

313
Handbook for Standard Reference Materials Users(PDF File) 37 kb
Thomas E. Gills

315
A Practical Josephson Voltage Standard at One Volt(PDF File) 1093 kb
Y. Tang, N. B. Belecki, and J. F. Mayo-Wells

319
Plane-Wave Scattering-Matrix Theory of Antennas and Antenna-Antenna Interactions(PDF File) 46 kb
A. G. Repjar and J. F. Mayo-Wells

322
The Automated Manufacturing Research Facility(PDF File) 107 kb
James S. Albus

328
Submicrometer Linewidth Metrology(PDF File) 232 kb
Michael T. Postek and Robert D. Larrabee

331
Observation of Atoms Laser-Cooled Below the Doppler Limit(PDF File) 149 kb
Steven Rolston

334
Laser-Excited Hot-Electron Induced Desorption(PDF File) 772 kb
J. W. Gadzuk

339
Measurement of the Universal Gas Constant Using an Acoustic Resonator(PDF File) 90 kb
Michael R. Moldover

344
Thermal and Oxidative Degradation of Polymers(PDF File) 47 kb
Takashi Kashiwagi

347
HAZARD I: Software for Fire Hazard Assessment(PDF File) 228 kb
Richard Bukowski

350
Analysis of the Catastrophic Rupture of a Pressure Vessel(PDF File) 67 kb
Tom Siewert

353
Curing Those Uncontrollable Fits of Interaction(PDF File) 81 kb
Don Libes

357
Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence(PDF File) 38 kb
Curt Reimann and Debbie Smyth

359
The Advanced Technology Program(PDF File) 591 kb
Robert Sienkiewicz and Richard N. Spivack

363
NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership(PDF File) 40 kb
Anita O'Brien

366
Questions and Answers on Quality(PDF File) 35 kb
Maureen Breitenberg

368
Uniformity in Weights and Measures Laws and Regulations(PDF File) 1099 kb
Joan Koenig

371
Certification of 10 µm Diameter Polystyrene Spheres ("Space Beads")(PDF File) 1126 kb
Tom Lettieri

375
Bose-Einstein Condensation in a Dilute Atomic Vapor(PDF File) 687 kb
James Faller

379
Index(PDF File) 38 kb
David R. Lide

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