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NIST History

History Blogs

Ida Rhodes and the Problem with ‘Water Goats’

March 16, 2016

As a professional reference librarian and amateur history buff at NIST, I have had the opportunity to become acquainted with all kinds of extraordinary

The Periodic Table: It’s Elementary!

February 12, 2016

Of all the many useful and interesting periodic tables on the Internet—the periodic tables of the animals, vegetables, and minerals—and U.S. Presidents, Vienna®

Created March 1, 2021