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THE most obviously noteworthy feature of Dr. Stratton's report on the work of the U.S. Bureau of Standards for the year ended June 30, 1918, is the very extensive field of investigation covered. A large part of the work was necessarily related to the war; the expenditure increased from about 140,000!. in 1916–17 to more than 600,000l. in 1917–18, of which 220,000l. appears under the head of “National Security and Defence,” and is made up mainly of sums expended on new buildings and laboratories, additional to the growth of ordinary expenditure due to war conditions. The value of the tests made, chiefly for the Government, is given as 20,000l; and the number of persons employed as 1405, of whom 839 were engaged in research and investigations specially authorised by Congress. The figures are useful as an indication of the expansion which has taken place.
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The Bureau of Standards and the War . Nature 103, 197–198 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103197a0
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