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Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices and Procedures for Length Calibrations (2014 Ed)
Published
Author(s)
Jose A. Torres-Ferrer, Georgia L. Harris
Abstract
This publication contains good measurement practices and standard operating procedures for length calibrations as performed in state weights and measures laboratories. It contains previously published materials from NIST Handbook 145 (1986).
Torres-Ferrer, J.
and Harris, G.
(2014),
Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices and Procedures for Length Calibrations (2014 Ed), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8028, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=917404
(Accessed October 13, 2025)