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Also Known As U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology • Office of Standard Weights and Measures • NIST • NBS • Bureau of Standards • National Bureau of Standards
Date 1901 - present
Areas Of Involvement time • navigation • measurement
Related People Evelyn Granville • Arden L. Bement, Jr. • William D. Phillips • Eric A. Cornell

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