January 1, 2001
Author(s)
T E. Gills, S Dittmann, Georgia L. Harris, C S. Brickenkamp, J R. Rumble, N M. Trahey
The National Bureau of Standards, predecessor of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, began providing the Nation with measurement artifacts and instruments in 1901 when the Office of Weights and Measures became part of the fledgling