A History of Light and Colour Measurement


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2003 Paul Bunge Prize of the Hans R. Jenemann Foundation for the History of Scientific Instruments Judging the brightness and color of light has long been contentious. Alternately described as impossible and routine, it was beset by problems both technical and social. How trustworthy could such measurements be? Was the best standard of inten




Circular


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The Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce


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The first annual report submitted December 16, 1913, "being the eleventh annual report of so much of the former Department of commerce and labor as is now included within the Department of commerce," contains an outline of the work of the department. Another issue is dated 1914.







Bulletin of the Bureau of Standards


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Contains results of investigations, researches, etc., pertaining to scientific, technical and manufacturing interests of the country.