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Certain commercial entities, equipment, or materials may be identified in this document in order to describe an experimental procedure or concept adequately. Such identification is not intended to imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, nor is it intended to imply that the entities, materials, or equipment are necessarily the best available for the purpose. National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 1068 Natl. Inst. Stand. Technol. Spec. Publ. 1068, 187 pages (March 2007) CODEN: NSPUE2
Table of Contents Abstract .................................................................................................................................................. iii About the Editors....................................................................................................................................iv Frequently Used Abbreviations...............................................................................................................v 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 1 2. Hassler's Legacy Recognized: 1987, Before, and After .................................................................... 3 2.1 Overview....................................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 The Bureau of Standards and its Relation to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, by Samuel W. Stratton, Director, United States Bureau of Standards, 1916.................................. 5 2.3 Hassler's Legacy, by Albert A. Stanley, NOAA, 1976 ................................................................ 23 2.4 F. R. Hassler: First Superintendent, by Captain Charles A. Burroughs, NOAA (Ret.), 1987..... 31 2.5 Hassler's First Chart, by Captain Charles A. Burroughs, NOAA (Ret.), 1987............................ 37 2.6 History of Geodetic Surveying: Part 1, The Early Years, 1807-1843, by Joseph F. Dracup, 1995 ........................................................................................................... 47 3. Rededication of the Renovated Hassler Memorial Monument, Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 18, 1993 ................................................................................................ 53 3.1 Overview..................................................................................................................................... 53 3.2 Message from the Swiss Federal Office of Metrology................................................................ 55 3.3 The Office of Weights and Measures, by Dr. Carroll S. Brickenkamp, Chief, Office of Weights and Measures, NIST................................................................................................................. 57 3.4 Origin of "The Project", by Martha Coleman Bray, Author of Joseph Nicollet and His Map ...... 59 3.5 Some Reflections on Hassler's Contributions to the Surveying and Mapping Sciences, by Richard E. Dahlberg, President, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping .................. 61 3.6 The Hassler Carriage, by William A. Stanley, Historian, NOAA................................................. 65 4. Hassler Memorial Park Dedication, NOAA Headquarters, Silver Spring, Maryland, November 15, 1995 ................................................................................................................................................ 67 4.1 Overview..................................................................................................................................... 67 4.2 Remarks, by Rear Admiral Harley Nygren, NOAA (Ret.); Coast and Geodetic Survey Society........................................................................................................................................ 69 4.3 Remarks, by Dr. Hans Oser, President, Standards Alumni Association.................................... 71 4.4 Remarks, by Captain Charles A. Burroughs, NOAA (Ret.)........................................................ 73 5. Hassler Memorial Tablet Dedication, NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, December 2, 2004 .............. 75 5.1 Overview..................................................................................................................................... 75 5.2 Remarks, by Dr. Albert C. Parr, Chair, NIST Museum Committee; Division Chief, NIST Optical Technology Division.................................................................................................................. 77 5.3 Remarks, by Dr. Hratch Semerjian, Acting Director, NIST......................................................... 79 5.4 Remarks, by Captain Roger L. Parsons, Director, Office of the Coast Survey, NOAA ............. 81 5.5 Remarks, by Captain Charles A. Burroughs, NOAA (Ret.)........................................................ 83 5.6 Through the Years with Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler, by Ferdinand R. Hassler V..................... 87 5.7 The Hassler Family, by Ardoth A. Hassler ................................................................................. 97 5.8 In Pursuit of Exactitude, by Ilse Genovese, Communications Director, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.......................................................................................................... 111
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unpleasant relations with that body
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