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THE death is announced, in Science of August 12, of MR. LOUIS ALBERT FISCHER, physicist and chief of the Division of Weights and Measures of the United States Bureau of Standards. Mr. Fischer died on July 25 last at the early age of fifty-seven years, only a few weeks after his distinguished colleague, Dr. E. B. Rosa. Early in life he joined the old Weights and Measures Office of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and during his eleven years' service with the survey he carried out numerous tests for the standardisation of weights and measures, particularly of the length standards. This work led to the formation in 1901 of the National Bureau of Standards, in which Mr. Fischer took an important part. He was immediately appointed chief of the Division of Weights and Measures, and continued to hold the post until his death. During this time he conducted numerous investigations of scientific and technical value, which covered such subjects as the standardisation of chemical glassware, screw-threads and gauges, the thermal properties of various metals and alloys, the densities of water-alcohol solutions, the testing of watches and clinical thermometers, model laws for State weights and measures services, etc.
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[Obituaries]. Nature 108, 24 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108024a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/108024a0