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Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Jan, 2002

This paper from the Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, Vol. 101, 1996, pp. 505-520, is reprinted to commemorate the NIST Centennial on March 3, 2001. Ten papers have been selected from the Journal and its predecessors for this purpose, one from each decade of NIST's existence.

They appear in 10 of the issues of the Journal starting with the March-April 2000 issue (Vol. 105, No. 2). The papers have been selected to reflect the breadth and excellence of the work carried out at NIST during its first century. For further information, see the Message From the Chief Editor on p. iii of the May-June 2000 issue (Vol. 105, No. 3).