Excerpt from Division of Research Services, Report of Program Activities: July 1, 1975 Through June 30, 1976The technical service sections are being strongly oriented toward research support with a greater emphasis on training, participation in technical societies, direct involvement with professional staff, and encouragement of initiatives in technology development. Efforts are underway to obtain routine and production type work by contract. Contracting and overtime have reduced the response time in our Systems Maintenance Section to an acceptable level, however, heavy backlogs remain in the Instrument Fabrication Section. More extensive use of fabrication contracts is being developed, but it has not had a program impact this year. The Scientific Equipment Rental Program has continued to expand, and its integration into the repair program makes more replacement equipment available.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.