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- 1 2 IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement page at IEEE, IEEE web site. Accessed January 7, 2015.
- 1 2 IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award, IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society web site. Accessed December 9, 2019.
- ↑ Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science, American Physical Society web site. Accessed December 9, 2019.
- ↑ APS Joseph F. Keithley Award: Presentation of check to endow the APS Joseph F. Keithley Award for Advances in Measurement Science, American Physical Society web site. Accessed January 7, 2015.
- ↑ List of recipients of the IEEE Joseph F. Keithley Award in Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE web site.
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