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NIST History

History Blogs

World Metrology Day: Kilogram in the Balance

May 20, 2016

It was Monday, April 25, 2016, and I was going to meet mass experts Pat Abbott and Eddie Mulhern of NIST’s Mass and Force group as part of my frantic

John Cahn standing by blackboard smiling

My Memories of John Cahn

April 28, 2016

This article was written in response to the March 14, 2016, death of John Cahn , one of the world’s foremost materials scientists, who worked at NIST from 1977

Lady on left and man on right at desks facing lab equipment

The Pioneering Life of Programmer Ethel Marden

March 22, 2016

Over the course of its 100-plus year history, NIST has had some colorful characters who were also pioneers in their fields. For computer scientist Karen Olsen

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®

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