National Bureau of Standards Annual Report, 1957 (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: National Bureau of Standards
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260754134
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 152

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Excerpt from National Bureau of Standards Annual Report, 1957 The establishment of new and better standards of physical measure ment and the development of techniques and instruments for using these standards throughout the Nation are the primary concerns of the National Bureau of Standards. Advancement in measurement is fundamental to technological progress and to scientific growth. To fulfill its principal responsibilities, the Bureau must conduct an imaginative and vigorous research and development program in the physical and engineering sciences. This report reviews the Bureau's work for the past year and presents some of the more significant achievements resulting from the work. Standards and measurement are fields of dynamic research interest. There are literally hundreds of physical standards, and there is a continuous search for new ones. Every major scientific advance must be preceded and followed by new standards and measurement techniques and associated standards. Precision measurement almost always precedes important developments in the experimental sciences. In fact, the precisions achieved in measure ment may well be considered as indicators of the stage of progress in a particular experimental science. Greater accuracies in experimental data enable, in many cases, the reconciliation of conflicting research theories and the advancement to discovery which is so significant in the opening of new areas of scientific investigation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.