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Vault Test 1920

NIST and the Federal Reserve Bank

In 1920 NIST built, then promptly destroyed, a series of reinforced concrete vaults for the Federal Reserve Board. The goal was to determine the thickness of
Railway Test Car

NIST at the World's Fair

The World’s Fair exhibitions are some of the most famous events in modern history, from the Exposition Universelle of 1889, whose front gate was the temporary
Stove

Hey, My Grandma Still Uses That Stove!

Under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) conducted household appliance efficiency testing to assist the

Uncovering the story of Detective X

On June 10, 2016, NIST Fellow John Butler teamed with ISO’s Museum Curator Kristen Frederick-Frost to present a NIST Colloquium about Wilmer Souder and the
Bullet Models

A NIST Museum Find

A flash of silver caught my eye. It also brought me up short. What in the world? I stooped to inspect the object of my curiosity on the lower shelf of a Museum

Furlani Named NIST CIO

Cita Furlani has been named chief information officer (CIO) for the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) by NIST Director