Outsourcing Metrology Services

October 27, 2020 Office

by Christopher L. Grachanen Volume 13:2, Jul-Sep 2006 In today’s ever aggressive bottom-line protection, cost-cutting environment there are no sacred cows. This is especially true for internal support services. These services are enablers in the […]

Is There an Accurate Low-Conductivity Standard Solution?

October 27, 2020 Office

by Matthew Gingerell and John A. Jacanin Volume 7:4, Jul-Aug 2000 “Certified” low-conductivity solutions down to 10 microsiemens/cm are readily available for the calibration of conductivity/resistivity instrumentation. Can these standards be relied upon for accurate […]

A Day at the BIPM

October 27, 2020 Office

by Richard Fertell Volume 16:3, Jul-Sep 2009 The Meter Convention (Convention du Mètre) is a treaty signed in 1875 that created the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), an international organization under the authority […]

The Acropolis Width and Ancient Geodesy

October 27, 2020 Office

by Nicholas Kollerstrom Volume 12:4, Oct-Dec 2005 “Was the Earth measured in remote antiquity?” This was the stirring question with which Berriman opened his book, Ancient Metrology. [1] To be sure, the question had earlier […]

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