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Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt after another is all in the day's work for Mrs. L.H. Brickwedde, who is a battery expert for the National Bureau of Standards. Using a potentiometer - or in other words, a standard cell comparator - Miss Brickwedde is shown calibrating standard cells in terms of priority standards of the electro motive force. 10/13/37

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Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt after another is all in the day's work for Mrs. L.H. Brickwedde, who is a battery expert for the National Bureau of Standards. Using a potentiometer - or in other words, a standard cell comparator - Miss Brickwedde is shown calibrating standard cells in terms of priority standards of the electro motive force. 101337

Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt after another is all in the day's work for Mrs. L.H. Brickwedde, who is a battery expert for the National Bureau of Standards. Using a potentiometer - or in other words, a standard cell comparator - Miss Brickwedde is shown calibrating standard cells in terms of priority standards of the electro motive force. 101337

Interesting job with Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., Oct. 13. One volt after another is all in the day's work for Mrs. L.H. Brickwedde, who is a battery expert for the National Bureau of Standards. Using a potentiometer - or in other words, a standard cell comparator - Miss Brickwedde is shown calibrating standard cells in terms of priority standards of the electro motive force. 10/13/37

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