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R. C. Elderfteld, Study of the British Continuous Tety/Process, Rpt. 661, Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), Washington, D.C., 1942. 

In 1950, the National Science Foundation was established to chatmel federal support into basic research. The model for the National Science Foundation grew out of the success of the wartime Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD. Appropriations for the Foundation rose sharply from 225,000 in fiscal year 1951 to 14 million in fiscal year 1955 and to 153 million in fiscal year 1960. In the period 1953-1960, U.S. spending on R D grew from 5.13 billion to 13.55 billion and the federal share of the total climbed from 54 to 65% (Skolnik Reese, 1976). 

Avery, W.H., Hunt, R.E., and Down, M.N. (1946) Burning Rate Studies in DB Powders, Office of Scientific Research and Development, OSRD 5827 ABL/P/1. 

Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), United States (1946). 

Chemistry. A History of the Chemical Components of the National Defense Research Committee. Edited by WA. Noyes, Jr. An Adantic Monthly Press Book, litde, Brown and Company, Boston, 1948, 524 pages. NDRC was one branch of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). In 1997, Professor Charles Parmenter gave me his copy of this book, for which I am deeply grateful. 

In addition to these functions, the Technical Information Division is preparing a series of book catalogs covering approximately 30,000 technical reports issued during World War II under the auspices of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). The catalogs are issued by subject divisions, there being a total of 22, and distribution is handled by OTS. From the point of view of the plastics technologist, the matter of OSRD reports is complicated by the fact that none of the divisions were specifically concerned with plastics. Nevertheless, many reports were issued about plastics, and one should turn to the OTS to locate these reports. It should be kept in mind that the OSRD functioned from 1940 to 1946 only. 

W. F. Giauque, J. W. Stout, R. E. Barieau and C. J, Egan, Report of March 1, 1942, Division B, National Defense Research Committee, Office of Scientific Research and Development, OSRD No. 491, Serial No. 201 (1942). 

In order to get some of the chemical work underway immediately, Spedding was given a letter of intent to Iowa State College for a 3-month contract from the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) with the understanding that as soon as suitable space became available at the University of Chicago, he would move his group to Chicago. He was joined at Ames by Professors Harley Wilhelm and I.V. Johns, members of the Chemistry Department. They immediately enlisted their... 

For a decade and a half following World War I there had been a Medical Division in OC CWS. But in 1932 General Gilchrist had eliminated this division, and thereafter CWS and the Medical Department maintained co-ordination solely through the medical research group at Edgewood Arsenal. Just prior to World War II, increased emphasis began to be placed on the medical aspects of gas warfare, and a Committee on the Treatment of Gas Casualties was set up within the National Research Council. Later, when the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) was activated, the work was also carried on by its various committees and subcommittees. The chemical warfare functions of the National Research... 

On 28 June 1941, the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) was set up in the President s Office for Emergency Management and the NDRC was transferred to the new agency. In December 1942 the NDRC was reorganized and its alphabetical divisions were broken down into nineteen numerical divisions. Division 9, "Chemistry Division 10, "Absorbents and Aerosols and Division 11, "Chemical Engineering directed the majority of chemical warfare investigations. 

In July 1S>41, Harvey H. Bundy, Special Assistant to the Secretary of War, called a meeting of representatives of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), The Surgeon General, the CWS, and Army G-2, to discuss means for co-ordinating work in BW. As a result of this meeting the OSRD recommended to the Secretary of War that the National Academy of Sciences investigate the possibilities of BW. ... 

BUSH, VANNEVAR (1890-1974). Bush made important contributions as an educator, engineer, and science administrator. He was the first chairman of the National Defense Research Committee (NDRC) and later of the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD). He received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Tufts University in 1913, and in 1916 he received a degree in engineering simultaneously from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and... 

Although World War II ended with the formal surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, the work of the Manhattan Project continued for another 16 months. In January 1947, the Manhattan Project ceased when its work was transferred to the newly established Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). See also BUSH, VANNEVAR FAT MAN FIFTH WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ON THEORETICAL PHYSICS FUCHS, KLAUS EMIL JULIUS GADGET GERMANY JUMBO NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH COMMITTEE (NDRC) OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (OSRD) STAGG FIELD. 

The following year, the president established the Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD), with the NDRC as one of its units. Bush moved from the NDRC to head OSRD and was replaced by James B. Conant, who served as the NDRC s chairman until 31 December 1947, at which time its activities were taken over by the newly established Department of Defense. During its exis-... 

OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (OSRD). Preparations by the United States for its eventual entry into World War II got a boost on 28 June 1941 when President... 

J. P. Linduska and F. A. Morton. Laboratory and field tests on the permeability of fabrics to biting by mosquitoes. Committee on Medical Research of the Office of Scientific Research and Development. OSRD Insect Control Committee Report No. 29, Interim Report No. 0-95, 1945. 

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