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NBS Bulletin Volume 13

Bulletin of the Bureau of Standards

The Journal of Research of NIST and its predecessors report NIST research and development in metrology and related fields of: physical science, engineering, applied mathematics, statistics, biotechnology, information technology.

For additional information see: About the Journal

Volume 13

ISSN: 0096-8579

Issue 1

Issue 2

Issue 3

Issue 4




Issue 1 June 1916

Preparation of pure iron and iron-carbon alloys, p. 1
Cain, J. R.; Schramm, E.; Cleaves, H. E.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.292

Colorimetric determination of acetylene and its application to the determination of water, p. 27
Weaver, E. R.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.293

Constants of the quartz-wedge saccharimeter and the specific rotation of sucrose. I. The constants for the 26-gram normal weight, p. 67
Bates, F.; Jackson, R. F.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.294

Effect of imperfect dielectrics in the field of radio-telegraphic antenna, p. 129
Miller, J. M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.295

Luminosity of a black body and temperature, p. 137
Foote, P. D.; Fairchild, C. O.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.296

Inclusions in the silver voltameter deposits, p. 147
Vinal, G. W.; Bovard, W. M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.297


Issue 2 August 1916

Correlation of the magnetic and mechanical properties of steel, p. 173
Burrows, C. W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.298

General design of critically damped galvanometers, p. 211
Wenner, F.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.299

Interference measurements of wave lengths in the iron spectrum (3233A-675oA), p. 245
Burns, K.; Meggers, W. F.; Merrill, P. W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.300

Relation between composition and density of aqueous solutions of copper sulphate and sulphuric acid, p. 273
Holler, H. D.; Peffer, E. L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.301

Protected thermoelements, p. 283
Gray, A. W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.302

An interlaboratory photometric comparison of glass screens and of tungsten lamps, involving color differences, p. 287
Middlekauff, G. W.; Skogland, J. F.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.303

An investigation of the laws of plastic flow, p. 309
Bingham, E. C.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.304


Issue 3 December 1916

Distribution of energy in the visible spectrum of an acetylene flame, p. 355
Coblentz, W. W.; Emerson, W. B.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.305

Further experiments of the volatilization of platinum, p. 365
Burgess, G. K.; Waltenberg, R. G.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.306

A study of the inductance of four-terminal resistance standards, p. 375
Silsbee, F. B.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.307

Sensitivity and magnetic shielding tests of a Thomson galvanometer for use in radiometry, p. 423
Coblentz, W. W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.308

Volume effect in the silver voltameter, p. 447
Rosa, E. B.; Vinal, G. W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.309

Constants of spectral radiation of a uniformly heated inclosure or so-called black body. II, p. 459
Coblentz, W. W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.310

Summary of experiments on the silver voltameter at the Bureau of Standards and proposed specifications, p. 479
Rosa, E. B.; Vinal, G. W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.311


Issue 4 March 1917

Determination of aluminum as oxide, p. 515
Blum, W.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.312

Calculation of Planck's constant C(sub)2, p. 535
Dellinger, J. H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.313

Wheatstone bridges and some accessory apparatus for resistance thermometry, p. 547
Mueller, E. F.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.314

The damping of waves and other disturbances in mercury, p. 563
Stillman, M. H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.315

A variable self and mutual inductor, p. 569
Brooks, H. B.; Weaver, F. C.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.316

A system of remote control for an electric testing laboratory, p. 581
Agnew, P. G.; Stannard, W. H.; Fearing, J. L.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.317

International system of electric and magnetic units, p. 599
Dellinger, J. H.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.318

The saccharimetric normal weight and the specific rotation of dextrose, p. 633
Jackson, R. F.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.319

Freezing point of mercury, p. 655
Wilhelm, R. M.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6028/bulletin.320

Created November 6, 2012, Updated January 5, 2017