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Also Known As	Office of Standard Weights and Measures • U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology • NBS • National Bureau of Standards • NIST • Bureau of Standards
Date	1901 - present
Areas Of Involvement	time • navigation • measurement
Related People	Evelyn Granville • Arden L. Bement, Jr. • William D. Phillips • Eric A. Cornell

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