National Bureau of Standards Radio Collection

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National Bureau of Standards Radio Collection

circa 1917-1933

Documents relating to early development of radio aids to aerial navigation, mostly on behalf of the U.S. military services.

0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)

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After World War II the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) was charged with the task of following developments in computing. In response, NBS began to index and abstract books, journals, reports and other literature covering a broad range of computer-related topics beginning in the mid-1940s. Eventually the enormity of the task forced NBS to abandon this work in 1978. From the description of Computer Literature Collection, 1956-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat re...