Telephone research

In some recent work at the Bell Telephone Research Laboratory, a low pressure of I0 " torr of mercury was used. This is an unusually low pressure, one not easily obtained. Calculate the number of molecules still remaining in 1 ml of gas at this pressure at 27°C. 

Phonograph (Thomas Alva Edison) Edison invents the phonograph— an unexpected outcome of his telephone research. 

As a general rule, marketing research studies involving comprehensive coverage of competitive firms requkes personal contacts. Telephone inquiries usually are futile unless the respondent is a friend of long-standing, the mail surveys are generally unsuitable. 

Central Board of Irrigation and Power. India, Interference of power lines with telephone lines Technical Report No. 29. Research Scheme on Power, March (I9S2). 

William Shockley (seated), John Bardeen (standing, left), and Waller H. Braltain doing transistor research at Bell Telephone Laboratories (New York, 194S). (Corbis Corporation)... 

At the age of sixteen, Townes entered Furman University and received two bachelor s degi ees (modern languages and physics) in 193.S. He continued his education, receiving a master s at Uuke University in 1937 and a doctorate at Cal Tech in 1939. In the summer of 1939, Bell Labs hired him. Numerous lines of research were being undertaken simultaneously at Bell Labs. Most of the work done by Townes initially dealt with basic research and the transmission of telephone and television signals. Worldwide political events, however, soon changed this emphasis. 

First solar cell developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories researchers. 

Prof. William P. Slichter, Chemical Physics Research Department, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07971, U.S.A. 

Even more important, his decision to remain an untenured senior research fellow meant that he could be fired at any time. After the Ethyl Corporation s representatives visited Patterson s office, the petroleum industry upped the pressure a notch. A member of Caltech s board of trustees was a vice president of a petroleum company that used tetraethyl lead in its gasoline. The trustee telephoned Caltech s president, Lee DuBridge, about Patterson. DuBridge in turn phoned Patterson s boss Robert P. Sharp, chair of Caltech s geological and planetary sciences division. 

I won t say the trustee urged Lee to fire Patterson, but he wanted Patterson curbed, so to speak, and Lee called me, Bob Sharp said. It was this very mild telephone call from Lee DuBridge reflecting the concern of a trustee. I said, Oh, Lee, you know better than that. This guy is doing tremendous research and to fence him in any way is a mistake. You can t do that. So Lee told the trustee, Too bad, we re going to let him run free. So we did. I d have gone to the mat for Pat, but I didn t have to. ... 

The Chemist s View. The Forum on the Future of Industrial Research, sponsored by Standard Oil Development Company, Oct. 5, 1944. [Later published in Chemical and Engineering News. 22 (Oct. 25, 1944) 1756-1760.] Kettering file 17/38. Source for Midgley s last speech, delivered by telephone. 

Our survey consisted of randomly dialed telephone interviews of 1796 individuals across the country performed by Telesurveys Research Associates of Houston, Texas, under contract with the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law of the University of Louisville School of Medicine. The research was funded by the following three Institutes of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of General Medical Sciences (lead institute),... 

The research we are conducting asks your opinions about new discoveries in medicine. The interview takes about 20 minutes, and your participation is completely voluntary. You may decline to participate or end your participation at any time. In addition, you may decline to answer any specific item. All answers you provide will be confidential, meaning that we will not ask you for your name, and a record of the telephone numbers called will not be linked with the responses. In all other respects, confidentiality will be protected to the extent permitted by law. 

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Nilanjan Roy, Ph.D., National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education Research, Department of Biotechnology, NIPER, Sector 67, S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab 160 062, India, Telephone +91 1722214682-87, Fax +91 1722214692, E-mail nilanjanroy niper.ac.in... 

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