Message from the chief editor.Dear Reader, With an article in this issue we conclude our series of "Treasures of the Past" to commemorate com·mem·o·rate tr.v. com·mem·o·rat·ed, com·mem·o·rat·ing, com·mem·o·rates 1. To honor the memory of with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe. 2. To serve as a memorial to. the NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. Centennial. Ten historic papers were selected from previous issues of the Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology, governmental agency within the U.S. Dept. of Commerce with the mission of "working with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards" in the national interest. and its predecessor publications, one from each decade of NIST's existence. They appear in 10 issues of the Journal beginning with Volume 105, Number 2, March-April 2000. Our selected Treasures of the Past have ranged over such varied topics as dimensional and mass metrology metrology Science of measurement. Measuring a quantity means establishing its ratio to another fixed quantity of the same kind, known as the unit of that kind of quantity. , chemistry, relativity, electricity, materials manufacturing, optics, and medical physics. The article here by E. Tiesinga, C. J. Williams, P. S. Julienne ju·li·enne n. Consommé or broth garnished with long thin strips of vegetables. adj. also ju·li·enned Cut into long thin strips: julienne potatoes; julienned pork. , K. M. Jones, P. D. Lett, and W. D. Phillips was a key contribution to an important Special Issue on Bose Einstein Condensation edited by K. Burnett, M. Edwards, and C. W. Clark, published in Volume 101, Number 4, July-August 1996. Its inclusion here reminds us of the two Nobel Prize Nobel Prize, award given for outstanding achievement in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, peace, or literature. The awards were established by the will of Alfred Nobel, who left a fund to provide annual prizes in the five areas listed above. winning research efforts in NIST's history, both recentl y accomplished. We are especially grateful to former Chief Editor Barry N. Taylor for initiating the "Treasures of the Past" series and to Board-of-Editors Member Clifton Carey for leading the effort to research and select each article. Clif's work was difficult. Our selected Treasures represent only a small fraction of NIST's world-recognized contributions to metrology, science, and technology as recounted during the 98 year history of the Journal and its predecessors. Many other worthy papers from the Journal's history went unrecognized in our "Treasures of the Past" series because of space limitations. For further information on the series, see the Message From the Chief Editor on p. iii of the May-June 2000 issue (Vol. 105, No. 3). Theodore Vorburger Chief Editor |
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