Add to ORKGThe National Bureau of Standards is a principal focal point in the Federal Government for assuring maximum application of the physical and engineering sciences to the advancement of technology in industry and commerce. Its responsibilities include development and mainte nance of the national standards of measurement, and the provisions of means for making measurements consistent with those standards; determination of physical constants and prop erties of materials; development of methods for testing materials, mechanisms, and structures, and making such tests as may be necessary, particularly for government agencies; cooperation in the establishment of standard practices for incorporation in codes and specifications; ad visory service to go...