... startingpoint at the left side of the screen. Consider the left side of the screen to be the an-tenna, the horizontal axis to be distance instead of time, and the sweep speed to be the speed of light, ... not within the purview of the OWM, so there was no government involvement during this period. It took the pres-sures of war production in 1918 to cause the formation of the American Engineering ... downplaying the commercial andbusiness aspects.2.2 The History of Modern StandardsIn 1836, the U.S. Congress authorized the Office of Weights and Measures (OWM)for the primary purpose of ensuring...