United States. National Bureau of Standards. Office of the Director.
Office files of the Director (Lyman J. Briggs), 1907-1962.
Includes general correspondence, 1931-1962; various laboratory notebooks; miscellanous subject files relating to: ordnance, instrumenation, liquids, naval gunnery, gyroscopes, metal fatigue, National Screw Thread Commission, astronomny, cosmic radiation, baseball experiments, etc.
Lyman J. Briggs, who graduated from Michigan State University in 1893 and received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University, served as director of the National Bureau of Standards from 1933 to 1945.
Briggs, Lyman J. (Lyman James), 1874-1963 -- Archives.
Astronomy
Baseballs -- Technological aspects -- Experiments.
Cosmic rays
Gunnery.
Gyroscopes.
Instrumentation.
Liquids.
Mensuration -- Standards -- United States. phys-t
Metals -- Research.
Ordnance.
Radiation.
Scientists in government -- Records and correspondence.
Standards -- United States -- Administration.
Government records. aat
Laboratory notes. aat aat
Scientists in government. lcsh
Metrology -- Standards -- United States. phys-t
National Screw Thread Commission.
AIP-ICOS
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