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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

BUREAU OF STANDARDS

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REFERENCES

INCLUDING AN INDEX TO THE REPORTS OF

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEIGHTS

AND MEASURES FROM THE FIRST TO THE

TWENTY-FIRST, INCLUSIVE

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION No. 103
National Bureau of S DEC 1 6 1955

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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

R. P. LAMONT, Secretary BUREAU OF STANDARDS

GEORGE K. BURGESS, Director

MISCELLANEOUS PUBLICATION No. 103

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REFERENCES

INCLUDING AN INDEX TO THE REPORTS OF

THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEIGHTS

AND MEASURES FROM THE FIRST TO THE

TWENTY-FIRST, INCLUSIVE

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October, 1929

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CONTENTS

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Foreword in

Publications of the National Bureau of Standards relating to the subject

of weights and measures 1 Index to the Reports of the National Conference on Weights and Measures, from the first (1905) to the twenty-first (1928), inclusive: Subjects 5 Names 16 Early publications relating to the history of weights and measures standards in the United States 23 Books relating to the subject of weights and measures, by outside authors- _ 25 Weights and measures periodicals 26 n
FOREWORD

The material in this publication has been compiled for the purpose

of assembling, in form convenient for use, references to published

material relating to the subject of weights and measures standards

and administration. Officials of the States and cities engaged in

enforcing weights and measures laws, manufacturers of commercial

weighing and measuring apparatus, and students of the weights and

measures history of the United States will find the references given

herein of material assistance in their respective fields of endeavor.

The references are divided into four main groups. In the first are

listed various publications of the National Bureau of Standards which

relate to the subject of weights and measures in general or specific

aspects; the list contains references to publications of the bureau

which it is believed are most likely to interest weights and measures

officials and manufacturers of weighing and measuring devices.

The second group of references is confined to the reports of the

proceedings of the meetings of the National Conference on Weights

and Measures, which constitute a valuable library of weights and

measures information. Heretofore the material contained in these

reports has not been indexed, and, in consequence, information given

in the reports on a particular subject or by a particular speaker could

not easily be located. To make this information more readily available, two forms of index have been prepared, the first arranged by

subjects, and the second arranged by the names of speakers.

The subject index has been carefully cross indexed, in an effort to enable those using it to locate the desired information under principal or associated words. In the name index, the names of speakers

are arranged alphabetically, and under each name appear, in chronological order, the papers or addresses presented to the conference by

that speaker; in those instances in which a speaker's official or busi- ness connection has changed during the period covered by the con^

ference reports, his name is entered once for each such connection,

with appropriate listing of papers or addresses under each entry.

These references will prove especially valuable to the weights and

measures official, and to those desiring to trace the* development of

specifications and tolerances for commercial weighing and measuring

devices.

The third group of references relates to weights and measures

standards in the United States, and will be of particular interest to students desiring to consult original sources, and to others wishing

to make a detailed study of the development of standards in this

country.

The final group of references deals with books by outside authors,

and periodicals on the subject of weights and measures. A considerable number of the book references have been included for the use of those wishing to inquire somewhat in detail into the development of modern systems of weights and measures, with particular

reference to the history of such development in England, from whose

standards the weights and measures in customary use in the United

States are an outgrowth.

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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REFERENCES

Including an Index to the Reports of the National Conference on Weights and

Measures from the First to the Twenty-first, Inclusive PUBLICATIONS OF THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF WEIGHTS AND

MEASURES

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orders with remittance in the form of money order, check, or cash (not stamps)

should be sent direct to the Superintendent of Documents. In the list which follows, publications marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer available for purchase.

Publications of the Bureau of Standards may be consulted at Government

depository libraries located throughout the United States. A list of the names

and locations of such libraries will be supplied free upon application to the Bureau of Standards. A copy of Bureau of Standards Circular No. 24 with the latest supplement

thereto, containing the titles and descriptive abstracts of all bureau publications,

will be supplied free upon application to the Bureau of Standards.

Circulars of the Bureau of Standards are subject to revision to keep the subject matter current. In the case of circulars listed below, there are given the latest data available at the time this publication went to press. Before ordering

circulars it will be advisable to consult the latest supplement to Circular No. 24, which will give information on the latest editions of all circulars.

Publications marked with an asterisk (*) are no longer available for purchase] SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

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Recomparison of the United States Protot}'pe

Meter, L. A. Fischer.

Historj^ of the Standard Weights and Measures

of the United States, L. A. Fischer. The Testing of Glass Volumetric Apparatus, N. S. Osborne and B. H. Veazey.

Micrometer Microscopes, A. W. Gray

Variance of Measuring Instruments and Its Relation to Accuracy and Sensitivitv, F. J. Schlink. A New Interference Apparatus for Testing

Hemacytometers, C. G. Peters and B. L. Page. Short Tests for Sets of Laboratory Weights, A. T. Pienkowsky.

Effect of Concentrated Loads on the Length of Measuring Tapes, L. V. Judson. A Fundamental Basis for Measurements of Length, H. W. Bearce. A Weight Burette for the Micromeasurement of Liquid Volumes, Martin Shepherd.

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Oil and Turpentine, H. W. Bearce. Density and Thermal Expansion of American

Petroleum Oils, H. W. Bearce and E. L.

Peffer. Liquid-Measuring Pumps, F. J. Schlink

Stabilized-Platform Weighing Scale of Novel

Design, F. J. Schlink. A Portable Cubic-Foot Standard for Gas, M. H.

Stillman. Area Measurement of Leather. F. J. Schlink Method for Precision Test of Large-Capacity

Scales, C. A. Briggs and E. D. Gordon.

Weighing by Substitution, C. A. Briggs and

E. D. Gordon.

A Study of Commercial Dial Micrometers for Measuring the Thickness of Paper, P. L. Houston and D. R. Miller. A New Electrical Telemeter, Burton McColluni

and O. S. Peters.

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functions, etc.). Measurements of Length and Area, Including

Thermal Expansion.

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Legal Weights (in pounds) per Bushel of Various

Commodities.

The Testing of Hydrometers

Standard Gage for Sheet and Plate Iron and

Steel. Standard Density and Volumetric Tables

Electrical Measuring Instruments

Publications of the Bureau of Standards

Supplementary List of the Publications of the Bureau of Standards. Standards for Gas Service

Jewelers' and Silversmiths' Weights and Measures. Units of Weight and Measure—Definitions and

Tables of Equivalents.

(Gives additional information similar in character

to that contained in C47.)

Measurement of Time and Tests of Timepieces Measurements for the Household

United States Standard Tables for Petroleum Oils_ United States Standard Baume Hydrometer

Scales. Specifications and Tolerances for Weights and

Measures and Weighing and Measuring Devices.

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(1st ed.). C199 (1st ed.).

C309 (1st ed.)_ C328 (1st ed.)_ C329 (1st ed.)_ C332 (lsted.)-

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C371.6 (1st ed.)

Rules and Regulations for Enforcement of LimeBarrel Act. Combined Table of Sizes in the Principal Wire

Gages.

Materials for the Household

Rules and Regulations Promulgated Under Authority of the Federal Standard Barrel Law.

Table of Unit Displacement of Commodities

Specifications for the Manufacture and Installa- tion of Railroad Track Scales. National Standard Petroleum Oil Tables (Abridged volume-correction table for petroleum

oils.) Specifications for Hand-Operated Grain-Hopper

Scales. Gas-Measuring Instruments

Testing of Measuring Tapes at the Bureau of Standards.

Calibration of a Divided Scale Testing of Line Standards of Length

Specifications for the Manufacture and Installa- tion of Two-Section Knife-Edge Railroad

Track Scales. Alphabetical Index and Numerical List of U. S. Government Master Specifications, Promulgated by the Federal Specifications Board.

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Manual of Inspection and Information for Weights and Measures Officials. The International Metric System of Weights

and Measures. The International Metric System (chart) Report of the First Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1905). Report of the Second Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1906). Report of the Third Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1907). Report of the Fourth Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1908). Report of the Fifth Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1910). Report of the Sixth Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1911). Report of the Seventh Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1912). Report of the Eighth Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1913). Report of the Ninth Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1914). Report of the Tenth Annual Conference on

Weights and Measures (1915). Report of the Eleventh Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1916). Federal and State Laws Relating to Weights and

Measures. 1926

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7 Superseded as follows: As to general information on weights and measures administration, by Hll;

as to specifications and tolerances for commercial weighing and measuring devices, by MSo. Methods

for testing commercial weighing and measuring devices will be treated in a future publication.
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Designation M39 (3d ed.) M41

Title

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Report of the Twelfth Annual Conference on

Weights and Measures (1919). Report of the Thirteenth Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1920). Buying Commodities by Weight or Measure

Report of the Fourteenth Annual Conference on

Weights and Measures (1921). Report of the Fifteenth Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1922). Report of the Sixteenth Annual Conference on

Weights and Measures (1923). Report of the Seventeenth Annual Conference on Weights and Measures (1924). History of the Standard Weights and Measures

of the United States. Report of the Eighteenth National Conference on Weights and Measures (1925). Report of the Nineteenth National Conference on Weights and Measures (1926). Standards Yearbook, 1927 Report of the Twentieth National Conference on Weights and Measures (1927). Standards Yearbook, 1928

Specifications and Tolerances for Commercial

Weighing and Measuring Devices. Report of the Twenty-first National Confer- ence on Weights and Measures (1928). Directory of Commercial Testing and College

Research Laboratories. Standards Yearbook, 1929 Report of the Twenty-second National Conference on Weights and Measures (1929). Testing Equipment for Large-capacity Scales, for the Use of Weights and Measures Officials.

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1930 HANDBOOKS

Manual of Inspection and Information for Weights and Measures Officials. Weights and Measures Administration

Specifications and Tolerances for Commercial

Weighing and Measuring Devices. SIMPLIFIED PRACTICE RECOMMENDATIONS

R8-29 (2ded.)_

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R25

R42

Range Boilers and Expansion Tanks

Milk and Cream Bottles and Bottle Caps (first revision, 1927). Lumber (second revision, 1926)

Steel Barrels and Drums

Hot-Water Storage Tanks

Paper Grocers' Bags .

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8 A reprint of a portion of C55.

9 A reprint of the text of S17 to which have been added a "foreword" and 17 pages of illustrations.

10 Superseded as follows: As to general information on weights and measures administration, by Hll;

as to specifications and tolerances for commercial weighing and measuring devices, by M85. Methods for testing commercial weighing and measuring devices will be treated in a future publication.
INDEX TO THE REPORTS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, FROM THE FIRST

(1905) TO THE TWENTY-FIRST (1928), INCLUSIVE

Notes.—Citation to particular conference reports and to the places in such

reports where the desired information may be located, are given in the following manner: The number of the conference report is given first, in bold-face type, followed by the number, in ordinary type, of the page on which the reference

begins. Thus 20, 87, Would indicate that the material desired would be found

beginning on page 87 of the report of the twentieth conference. When material

carries over from one session of a conference to the next session, a new reference

is given. For information as to how copies of the conference reports may be procured or consulted and for the designation of the several conference reports according to the numeration followed in the bureau's series of publications, reference should

be made to pages 1, 3, and 4 of this publication.

SUBJECTS

Addresses of

President of conference, 1, 5; 2, 5; 4, 5; 5, 7; 6, 7; 7, 15; 8, 15; 9, 12; 10, 17;

11, 16; 12, 15; 13, 13; 14, 16; 16, 16; 17, 2; 18, 1; 19, 1; 20, 32; 21, 1. Secretarv of Commerce, 3, 55; 5, 8; 6, 111; 7, 11; 8, 12; 9, 11; 10, 13; 11, 13;

12, 119; 13, 57; 14, 79; 15, 25; 16, 76; 17, 135; 18, 74; 19, 116. Approval of tvpe of commercial apparatus:

Federal, 4, 8; 8, 85; 9, 164; 10, 159; 12, 50; 12, 134; 15, 57; 15, 66; 15, 72; 18, 147; 20, 43; 20, 58; 21, 75; 21, 98. resolution on, 4, 58; 8, 223; 12, 205; 13, 177; 14, 109; 20, 120. State, 15, 60; 20, 43; 20, 58. Automatic-indicating scales, 10, 95; 12, 73. heavy-duty, tolerances for, 14, 87; 15, 34; 16, 132. Auxiliary automobile tanks for checking gasoline deliveries, use of, 19, 95; 19, 99. Babcock glassware, specifications and tolerances for, 19, 157. Babcock test for milk and cream, 19, 13. Baggage and freight scales, railroad supervision of, 18, 46. Balances. See Scales. Barrel:

beer, size of, 9, 146. standard

law, 9, 53; 9, 56; 10, 176. \

resolution on, 8, 223. Baskets:

berrv, specifications and tolerances for, 9, 59; 9, 79; 9, 90; 10, 199; 11, App.

1/14.

standard, resolution on, 19, 168. Bottles:

lubricating-oil, 19, 17. resolution on, 19, 170. specifications and tolerances for, 20, 71; 20, 137; 21, 142. milk and cream

filling of, Bureau of Standards investigation on, 16, 43. specifications and tolerances for, 9, 58; 9, 73; 9, 113; 10, 140; 10, 147; 10, 196; 11, 134; 11, App. 1, 11; 17, 128. testing of, 16, 47. uniformity of requirements for, 15, 30; 16, 45; 16, 64; 17, 26. resolution on, 15, 125; 17, 138. Boxes, berrv, specifications and tolerances for, 9, 59; 9, 79; 9, 90; 10, 199; 11, App. 1, 14. Bread:Nebraska decision on, 17, 51. shrinkage on, 17, 51; 18, 164. standard weight, legislation, 13, 115; 13, 188; 14, 24; 14, 72; 14, 80; 14, 83;

15, 88; 16, 98; 16, 112; 17, 40; 17, 51; 17, 76; 18, 143; 18, 154; 19, 83. resolution on, 13, 174; 19, 170. tolerances for, 14, 37; 14, 84; 15, 79; 15, 91; 16, 112; 17, 51; 17, 63; 17, 126;

18, 143; 18, 154; 18, 163. 87785°—30 2 5
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Bureau of Standards investigation of weights and measures, report on, 5, 101;

6, 41. Bureau of Standards master scale, installation of, 21, 44. Bushel weights, 8, 106; 8, 109; 16, 82. See also Drv commodities, sale by weight

of. Butter, tolerance and shrinkage on, 16, 60. Butterfat-test scales, 9, 39. specifications and tolerances for, 8, 220; 9, 62; 9, 111; 10, 216; 11, 153; 11, App. 1, 36; 17, 132. Capacity measures, testing of, 8, 181. Carat, resolution on, 8, 223. Centigrade temperature scale, use in Government publications, 11, 39. Chain-store operation, weights and measures aspects of, 21, 79. Citation of court decisions, 19, 68; 20, 80. City and county departments, organization and conduct of, 16, 34. Civil service: protection for sealers, necessity for, 8, 77. resolution on, 8, 223.

Clinical thermometers:

resolution on, 19, 168. testing of, 19, 48. Coal:

quality of, 18, 186. resolution on, 16, 149.

retail sale of, 16, 127. uniform ton for, 15, 53; 15, 124; 16, 65. resolution on, 16, 142. weighing of, 13, 182; 14, 54; 16, 123. Coke:

retail sale of, 16, 127. weighing of, 11, 159. Commercial standards, 21, 66. Committee on specifications and tolerances. See Specifications and tolerances, committee on. Computing scales, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 219; 9, 61; 9, 104; 10, 146;

10, 214; 10, 225; 11, 109; 11, App. 1, 33; 17, 131. Conditions in various weights and measures jurisdictions:

abroad, 2, 35; 17, 81. Far West, 18, 69. Latin-American countries, 12, 135. Philippine Islands, 10, 50. Porto Rico, 9, 138; 17, 17. Richmond, Va., 18, 39. South, 19, 73. Virginia, 9, 146. Conduct of weights and measures departments, 8, 177; 10, 122; 15, 75; 16, 28;

16, 34; 18, 170. Conference, change in name of, 18, 73. Constitution and by-laws, 5, 89; 5,119; 9,115; 10,58: 10,110; 10,114; 11,168;

20, 134; 21, 74. Containers

:

resolution on, 19, 168. resolution on net content marking of, 4, 59; 7, 144; 19, 160. standardization of, 6, 46; 6, 134; 12, 89; 13, 122; 13, 189. Cooperation among weights and measures officials, 21, 60. Cordage and twine, 16, 63; 17, 71. Cotton, weighing of, 16, 26. Counter scales, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 216; 8, 265; 9, 60; 9, 95;

10, 207; 10, 223; 11, 108; 11, 152; 11, App. 1, 25; 21, 151. County and city departments, organization and conduct of, 16, 34. Court decisions, citations of, 19, 68; 20, 80. Cream-test scales, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 220; 9, 62; 9, 111; 10, 216;

11, 153; 11, App. 1, 36; 17, 132. Creameries, maintenance of scales in, 9, 39; 17, 11. Customs service, weighing in, 18, 104. Decisions, court, citations of, 19, 68; 20, 80. Digest of weights and measures cases, notes on, 21, 155.
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Dry capacity measures, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 212; 9, 59- 9, 79;

10, 197; 11, 137; 11, App. 1, 12. Dry commodities:

sale by weight of, 8, 106; 8, 109; 9, 147; 10, 109; 10, 189; 12, 212; 13, 185;

15, 17; 16, 82; 17, 37; 19, 59. resolution on, 8, 200; 10, 189; 13, 177; 16, 139. Dry measures, abolition of. See also Dry commodities, sale by weight of: resolution on, 16, 146. Educational activities and publicity, 9, 150; 11, 45; 13, 167; 14, 21; 17, 91;

19, 86; 20, 39; 20, 67; 20, 84. resolution on, 12, 206. Eggs, regulating sale of, 19, 118. Electric meters, 10, 52; 21, 54. Essay contests among school children, 21, 62. \ Evaporation of gasoline from delivery hose, 15, 111. Executive committee, membership on, resolution on, 20, 134. Exhibit, manufacturers', at conference, 17, 106. Fabric-measuring devices: method of test for, 15, 93. specifications and tolerances for, 14, 87; 15, 126; 16, 118; 17, 21; 21, 149. use of, 11, 117; 13, 169; 20, 8. Federal Specifications Board, technical committee on weighing and measuring

devices, work of, 18, 146. Fee system of inspection, 12, 87. resolution on, 10, 134. Fischer, Louis Albert, address memorializing, 15, 2. Flour packages, decimal weight, resolution on, 12, 205. Food and drugs act, net weight amendment to, enforcement of, 9, 18; 12, 148. Freight and baggage scales, railroad supervision of, 18, 46. Freight weighing, Bureau of Standards activities relating to, 18, 34. Fruit crop in Michigan, regulation of, 20, 133. Fruits and vegetables:

method of sale of, 11, 88. standard shipping containers for, 12, 89. resolution on, 19, 168. Fuel-oil storage tanks, testing of, 19, 22. Gas meters, 8, 90; 21, 54. Gasoline

:

deliveries, use of auxiliary automobile tanks for checking, 19, 95; 19, 99. evaporation of, from delivery hose, 15, 111. measurement of, 19, 57. s. temperature as factor in, 16, 50. \ wholesale deliveries of, in vehicle tanks, 15, 53. \ Glass graduates:

for weights and measures officials, 9, 126. specifications and tolerances for, 11, 132; 11, App. 1, 7; 17, 127; 20, 121. testing of, 9, 39. Grain, problems in weighing of, 12, 140. Grease, devices for dispensing, 20, 70. specifications and tolerances for, 21, 83; 21, 165. Gross weight, elimination of sales by, 13, 118; 16, 69. Hampers, standard, resolution on, 19, 168. Hay, sale of, 18, 72. Heavy-capacity, heavy-duty. See Large-capacity.

History of the standard weights and measures of the United States, 1, 6. Hose, evaporation of gasoline from, 15, 111. Ice: scoring machines for, 20, 22. shortages in sales of, 12, 77. Ice cream: method of sale of

report of special committee on, 19, 146. resolution on, 20, 131. regulation of, in Wisconsin, 18, 137. sale by weight of

viewpoint of manufacturer, 18, 122. viewpoint of retailer, 18, 133. viewpoint of weights and measures official, 18, 115. work of joint committee on definitions and standards on, 18, 135.
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Industry

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development of, 21, 99. weighing apparatus of, 11, 51; 19, 120. International Bureau of Weights and Measures, 17, 81. Interstate commerce, Federal laws in relation to short weight in, 19, 160; 19, 166. Investigation of weights and measures by National Bureau of Standards, report

on, 5, 101; 6, 41. Jewelry, fraudulent marking of, 17, 140. Large-capacity platform scales, testing of, 15, 32; 18, 54; 18, 65; 19, 40; 20, 84;

21, 40; 21, 48. Large-capacity automatic indicating scales, tolerances for, 14, 87; 15, 34; 16, 132. Latin-American countries, weights and measures conditions in, 12, 135. Law, model State, on weights and measures. See Model State law on weights

and measures. Leather-measuring devices, testing of, 15, 44. Length measures. See Linear measures. Length standards, testing of, 20, 28. Level and plumb conditions, demonstration of necessity for, 9, 34. Linear measures, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 210; 9, 57; 9, 68; 10, 193;

11, App. 1, 4; 17, 127; 21, 148. Liquid capacitv measures, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 211; 9, 58; 9, 68;

10, 195; 11, 130; 11, App. 1, 5; 21, 149. Liquid-measuring devices, 11, 57; 11, App. 2; 12, 169; 13, 59; 15, 111; 20, 95. specifications and tolerances for, 8, 211; 10, 196; 11, App. 1, 10; 12, 184; 12,223; 13,64; 13,83; 13,127; 13,142; 13,193; 14,89; 14,93; 14,104;

14, 116; 14, 119; 14, 123; 15, 120; 17, 133; 19, 127; 20, 102; 21, 128. testing of, 14, 64; 15, 111; 21, 104. Live stock: problems in weighing of, 19, 40.

scales, 18, 55; 19, 40. Load, distribution of, among supports of scale platform, 7, 169. Lubricating-oil bottles. See Bottles, lubricating-oil.

Markets, public, supervision of, 16, 53; 16, 58. Marking

capacity of range boilers, storage tanks, etc., resolution on, 9, 123. jewelry, 17, 140. net content of containers, resolution on, 4, 59; 7, 144; 19, 160. net content of packages, 7, 107; 8, 79; 13, 122; 17, 47; 19, 121. net weight on wrapped meats, 12, 145; 14, 45; 20, 121. resolution on, 11, 158.

toilet paper, 11, 113. resolution on, 11, 182. Mass standards, testing of, 19, 103. Measures: capacity—

drv, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 212; 9, 59; 9, 79 10, 197;

11, 137; 11, App. 1, 12. liquid, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 211; 9, 58; 9, 68; 10, 195;

11, 130; 11, App. 1, 5; 21, 149. testing of, 8, 181.

linear, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 210; 9, 57; 9, 68; 10, 193; 11, App. 1, 4; 17, 127; 21, 148. Measuring pumps. See Liquid-measuring devices. Meats, wrapped:

marking of weight on, 12, 145; 14, 45; 20, 121. resolution on, 11, 158. shrinkage on, 20, 121. Meters:

electric, 10, 52; 21, 54. gas, 8, 90; 21, 54. gasoline. See also Liquid-measuring devices,

testing of, 21, 104. taxicab. See Taximeters.

water, 8, 118; 21, 54. Metric system, 9, 27; 11, 183; 12, 112. resolution on, 11, 178; 12, 206; 12, 210. Milk and cream, wholesale sales of, and Babcock test, 19, 13.
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Milk and cream bottles. See Bottles, milk and cream. Mine scales, Bureau of Standards investigation on, 12, 161; 13, 182; 14, 57. Model State law on weights and measures, 2, 53; 3, 64; 3, 88; 3, 107; 6, 109; 6, 151; 8, 225; 8, 275; 10, 109; 10, 235; 14, 72; 14, 119; 14, 131; 18, 77; 18, 152;

20, 92; 21, 77. Net-content marking of

containers, resolution on, 4, 59; 7, 144; 19, 160. packages, 7, 107; 8, 79; 13, 122; 17, 47; 19, 121. Net weight:

amendment to food and drugs act, enforcement of, 9, 18; 12, 148.

of wrapped meats, 12, 145; 14, 45; 20, 121. resolution on, 11, 15S.

sales by, 13, 118; 16, 69. Ordnance Department, work of, 12, 99. Organization of weights and measures departments, 8, 177; 10, 122; 15, 75; 16, 28; 16, 34; 18, 170. Package goods:

interstate status of, 17, 47. net-content marking of, 7, 107; 8, 79; 13, 122; 19, 121.

slack-filled and deceptive, resolution on, 13, 178; 14, 111. standardization of, resolution on, 12, 207; 13, 175; 14, 110. Paper towels and toilet paper, uniform marking of, 11, 113. resolution on, 11, 182. Peddlers, regulation of, 18, 121. Periodical on weights and measures, 21, 71. Petroleum products, measurement of, 15, 53; 16, 50; 19, 57. Philippine Islands, weights and measures conditions in, 10, 50. Plate-fulcrum railroad track scales, 20, 11; 20, 15. specifications'and tolerances for, 8, 214; 9, 59; 9, 91; 10, 156; 10, 203; 10, 222;

11, 150; 11, App. 1, 20; 17, 131; 21, 151. Plumb and level conditions, demonstration of necessity for, 9, 34. Porto Rico, weights and measures conditions in, 9, 138; 17, 17. Postal scales, testing of, 8, 261; 17, 34; 18, 171. resolution on, 17, 138. Potatoes, sweet, measurement of, 16, 63. Prescription scales, 9, 39. specifications and tolerances for, 11, 154; 11, App. 1, 37. President of conference, addresses of, 1, 5; 2, 5; 4, 5; 5, 7; 6, 7; 7, 15; 8, 15;

9, 12; 10, 17; 11, 16; 12, 15; 13, 13; 14, 16; 16, 16; 17, 2; 18, 1; 19, 1; 20, 32;

21, 1. Prosecutions, 14, 50; 17, 85; 19, 89. \

Protection of highways by means of portable weighing devices, 15, 26. \

Publicity and educational activities, 9, 150; 11, 45; 13, 167; 14, 21; 17, 91; 19, 86; 20, 39; 20, 67; 20, 84; 21, 62; 21, 71. Public markets, supervision of, 16, 53; 16, 58. Pumps, measuring. See Liquid-measuring devices. Railroad track scales. See Scales, railroad track. Range boilers, marked capacity of, resolution on, 9, 123. Records, system of keeping, 7/90; 10, 171. Reports of— % Committee on resolutions. See Resolutions. Committee on specifications and tolerances. See Specifications and tol- erances, committee on, reports of. Secretary of conference, 5, 12; 6, 13; 7, 16; 8, 15; 9, 15; 10, 46; 11, 83; 12, 25; 13, 18. Resolutions on

approval of type of commercial apparatus, 4, 58; 8, 223; 12, 205; 13, 177;

14, 109; 20, 120.

barrel, standard, 8, 223. baskets, standard, 19, 168. bottles

lubricating-oil, 19, 170. milk, uniform requirements for, 15, 125; 17, 138. bread, standard weight loaves, 13, 174: 19, 170.

carat, 8, 223.

civil service for weights and measures officials, 8, 223.
BUREAU OF STANDARDS

Resolutions on—Continued.

clinical thermometers, 19, 168.

coal, standards of quality for, 16, 149. containers, net-content marking of, 4, 59; 7, 144; 19, 160. dry commodities, sale by weight of, 8, 200; 10, 189; 13, 177; 16, 139. dry measures, abolition of, 16, 146. education of public, 12, 206. Executive committee, membership on, 20, 134. fee system for weights and measures inspection, 10, 134.

flour packages, decimal-weight, 12, 205. hampers, standard, 19, 168.

ice cream, method of sale of. 20, 131. lubricating-oil bottles, 19, 170. marking

net-content of containers, 4, 59; 7, 144; 19, 160. net weight of wrapped meats, 11, 158.

toilet paper and paper towels, 11, 182. metric system, 11, 178; 12, 206; 12, 210. milk bottles, uniform requirements for, 15, 125; 17, 138. net-content marking of containers, 4, 59; 7, 144; 19, 160. net weight of wrapped meats, 11, 158. package goods

slack-filled and deceptive, 13, 178; 14, 111. standardization of, 12, 207; 13, 175; 14, 110. paper towels and toilet paper, uniform marking of, 11, 182. postal scales, testing of, 17, 138. range boilers, marked capacity of, 9, 123.

sale by weight, 8, 200; 10, 189; 13, 177; 16, 139; 12, 205; 19, 167.

scales, postal, testing of, 17, 138. standard

barrel, 8, 223. baskets and hampers, 19, 168. standard-weight bread loaves, 13, 174; 19, 170. standardization of packages, 12, 207; 13, 175; 14, 110. standards of quality for coal, 16, 149. storage tanks, marked capacity of, 9, 123. Stratton, Samuel W., life and work of, 16, 136. taximeters, transmission drive for, 21, 160. testing of postal scales, 17, 138. thermometers, clinical, 19, 168.

toilet paper and paper towels, uniform marking of, 11, 182. ton, 2,000-pound, 16, 142. transmission drive for taximeters, 21, 180. type of commercial apparatus, approval of, 4, 58; 8, 223; 12, 205; 13, 177;

14, 109; 20, 120. uniform laws, regulations, etc., among the States, 10, 186; 21, 161. weight, sale of dry commodities by, 8, 200; 10, 189; 13, 177; 16, 139. weights and measures correspondence course, 18, 182. Rewording of specifications and tolerances, general authorization for, 9, 113; 15, 129; 17, 126; 21, 147. Sale by weight:

€ry commodities, 8, 106; 8, 109; 9, 147; 10, 109; 10, 189; 11, 88; 12, 212;

13, 185; 15, 17; 16, 82; 17, 37: 19, 59. resolution on, 8, 200; 10, 189; 13, 177; 16, 139. elimination of sales by gross weight, 13, 118; 16, 69. general, resolution on, 12, 205; 19, 167. ice cream, 18, 115; 19, 146. resolution on, 20, 131. meats, wrapped, 12, 145; 14, 45; 20, 121. resolution on, 11, 158. sales by net weight, 13, 118; 16, 69. Scale-testing device, 21, 40. Scales

:

automatic-indicating, 10, 95; 12, 73. large-capacity, tolerances for, 14, 87; 15, 34; 16, 132. baggage, 18, 46. butterfat-test, 9, 39. specifications and tolerances for, 8, 220; 9, 62; 9, 111; 10, 216; 11, 153;

11, App. 1, 36; 17, 132.
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Scales—Continued

computing, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 219; 9, 61; 9, 104; 10, 146;

10, 214; 10, 225; 11, 109; 11, App. 1, 33; 17, 131. counter, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 216; 8, 265; 9, 60; 9, 95; 10, 207;

10, 223; 11, 108; 11, 152; 11, App. 1, 25; 21, 151. cream-test and butterfat-test, 9, 39. specifications and tolerances for, 8, 220; 9, 62; 9, 111; 10, 216; 11, 153;

11, App. 1, 36; 17, 132. creamery, maintenance of, 9, 39; 17, 11. customs service, 18, 104. design and construction of, 8, 123. distribution of load among platform supports of, 7, 169. freight, 18, 46. general, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 213; 9, 59; 9, 90; 9, 99; 9, 112;

10, 139; 10, 148; 10, 151; 10, 200; 10, 220; 11, 107; 11, 137; 11, App. 1, 15, 16, 129; 17, 130; 21, 149. grain, 12, 140. heavy-duty. See Large-capacity,

industrial, 11, 51; 19, 120.

jewelers', 9, 39. large-capacity automatic indicating, tolerances for, 14, 87; 15, 34; 16, 132. large-capacity platform, apparatus and methods for testing, 15, 32; 18, 54;

18, 65; 19, 40; 20, 84; 21, 40; 21, 48. livestock, 18, 55; 19, 40. mine, Bureau of Standards investigation on, 12, 161; 13, 182; 14, 57. notes on, 8, 135. platform, 7, 146.

specifications and tolerances for, 8, 214; 9, 59; 9, 91; 10, 156; 10, 203;

10, 222; 11, 150; 11, App. 1, 20; 17, 131; 21, 151. testing device for, 21, 40. postal, testing of, 8, 261; 17, 34; 18, 171. resolution on, 17, 138. prescription, 9, 39. specifications and tolerances for, 11, 154; 11, App. 1, 37. railroad track, 6, 67; 10, 82; 10, 86; 11, 62; 11, 73; 11, 97; 12, 64; 12, 107;

13, 182; 18, 34; 18, 176; 20, 11; 20, 15. Bureau of Standards investigation on, 10, 82; 12, 64; 13, 182; 18, 34. Bureau of Standards master, installation of, 21, 44. developments in construction of, 6, 67; 11, 97; 12, 107; 20, 11; 20, 15. freight weighing on, 18, 34. installation and maintenance of, 11, 73. methods of adjusting, inspecting, and testing, 10, 86; 11, 62. s plate fulcrum, 20, 11; 20, 15. \

test cars for, 18, 176. spring

specifications and tolerances for, 8, 217; 8, 219; 9, 60; 9, 99; 10, 140;

10, 211; 10, 213; 11, 109; 11, 152; 11, App. 1, 30; 11, App. 1, 33;

17, 131; 21, 152. straight-face, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 219; 10, 213; 11, App. 1, 33; 21, 152. stock, 18, 55; 19, 40. suspension, lever type, specifications and tolerances for, 10, 211; 11, 152;

11, App. 1, 29. Scoring machines for ice, 20, 22. Sealing, methods of, and seals, 8, 204. Secretary of Commerce, addresses of 3, 55; S, 8; 6, 111; 7, 11; 8, 12; 9, 11; 10, 13;

11, 13; 12, 119; 13, 57; 14, 79; 15, 25; 16, 76; 17, 135; 18, 74; 19, 116. Secretary of Conference, reports of, 5, 12; 6, 13; 7, 16; 8, 15; 9, 15; 10, 46; 11, 83;

12, 25; 13, 18. Serialization of commercial apparatus. See Approval of type of commercial

apparatus.

Service, sale of, 16, 23. Shipping containers, standard, for fruits and vegetables, 12, 89. resolution on, 19, 168. Shrinkage on

bread, 17,51; 18, 164. butter in prints, 16, 60. wrapped meats, 20, 121.
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Simplification and standardization, 16, 94. Specifications and tolerances: committee on

enlargement of, 10, 143. reports of, and discussions thereon, 7, 121; 8, 209; 9, 57; 9, 89; 10, 137;

11, 127; 13, 64; 13, 83; 13, 127; 13, 142; 14, 89; 14, 93; 15, 34; 15, 79; 15, 87; 15, 120; 15, 126; 16, 89; 16, 118; 16, 129; 16, 132; 16, 151; 17, 21; 17, 100; 17, 115; 17, 126; 18, 25; 18, 97; 18, 107; 18, 163; 19, 38; 19, 127; 19, 156; 20, 71; 20, 102; 20, 121; 21, 83; 21, 128; 21, 142; 21, 147; 21, 165. rewording of, general authorization of, 9, 113; 15, 129; 17, 126; 21, 147. Specifications and/or tolerances for

automatic-indicating scales, large capacity, 14, 87; 15, 34; 16, 132. Babcock glassware, 19, 157. balances. See Scales. berry baskets or boxes, 9, 59; 9, 79; 9, 90; 10, 199; 11, App. 1, 14. bottles

lubricating-oil, 20, 71; 20, 137; 21, 142. milk and cream, 9, 58; 9,73; 9,113; 10,140; 10,147; 10,196; 11,134;

11, App. 1, 11; 17, 128. boxes, berrv, 9, 59; 9, 79; 9, 90; 10, 199; 11, App. 1, 14. bread, 14, 37; 14, 84; 15, 79; 15, 91; 16, 112; 17, 51; 17, 63; 17, 126; 18, 143; 18, 154; 18, 163. butter, 16, 60. butterfat-test scales, 8, 220; 9,62; 9, 111; 10, 216; 11, 153; 11, App. 1, 36; 17 132. computing scales, 8, 219; 9, 61; 9, 104; 10, 146; 10, 214; 10, 225; 11, 109;

11, App. 1, 33; 17, 131. counter scales, 8, 216; 8, 265; 9, 60; 9, 95; 10, 207; 10, 223; 11, 108; 11, 152; 11, App. 1, 25; 21, 151. cream-test scales, 8, 220; 9, 62; 9, 111; 10, 216; 11, 153; 11, App. 1, 36;

17, 132. dry capacity measures, 8, 212; 9, 59; 9, 79; 10, 197; 11, 137; 11, App. 1, 12. fabric-measuring devices, 14, 87; 15, 126; 16, 118; 17, 21; 21, 149. glass graduates, 11, 132; 11, App. 1, 7; 17, 127; 20, 121. grease-measuring devices, 21, 83; 21, 165. heavy-capacity, heavy-duty. See Large-capacity,

large-capacity automatic indicating scales, 14, 87; 15, 34; 16, 132. linear measures, 8, 210; 9,57; 9,68; 10,193; 11, App. 1,4; 17,127; 21,148.

liquid capacity measures, 8, 211; 9, 58; 9, 68; 10, 195; 11, 130; 11, App. 1, 5; 21, 149. liquid-measuring devices, 8, 211; 10, 196; 11, App. 1, 10; 12, 184; 12, 223; 13,64; 13,83; 13,127; 13,142; 13,193; 14,89; 14,93; 14,104; 14,116;

14, 119; 14, 123; 15, 120; 17, 133; 19, 127; 20, 102; 21, 128. lubricating-oil bottles, 20, 71; 20, 137; 21, 142. measures

dry capacity, 8, 212; 9, 59; 9, 79; 10, 197; 11, 137; 11, App. 1, 12. linear, 8, 210; 9, 57; 9, 68; 10, 193; 11, App. 1, 4; 17, 127; 21, 148. liquid capacity, 8, 211; 9, 58; 9, 68; 10, 195; 11, 130; 11, App. 1, 5. measuring pumps. See Liquid-measuring devices. milk and cream bottles, 9, 58; 9, 73; 9, 113; 10, 140; 10, 147; 10, 196; 11, 134; 11, App. 1, 11; 17, 128. platform scales, 8, 214; 9, 59; 9, 91; 10, 156; 10, 203; 10, 222; 11, 150; 11, App. 1, 20; 17, 131; 21, 151. prescription scales, 11, 154; 11, App. 1, 37. pumps, measuring. See Liquid-measuring devices,

sc s—

butterfat-test, 8, 220; 9, 62; 9, 111; 10, 216; 11, 153; 11, App. 1, 36;

17 132 computing, 8, 219; 9, 61; 9, 104; 10, 146; 10, 214; 10, 225; 11, 109; 11, App. 1, 33; 17, 131. counter, 8, 216; 8, 265; 9, 60; 9, 95; 10, 207; 10, 223; 11, 108; 11, 152;

11, App. 1, 25; 21, 151. cream-test and butterfat-test, 8, 220; 9, 62; 9, 111; 10, 216; 11, 153;

11, App. 1, 36; 17, 132. general, 8, 213; 9, 59; 9, 90; 9, 99; 9, 112; 10, 139; 10, 148; 10, 151; 10, 200; 10, 220; 11, 107; 11, 137; 11, App. 1, 15; 16, 129; 17, 130; 21, 149.
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Specifications and/or tolerances for—Continued,

scales—Continued.

large-capacity automatic-indicating, 14, 87; 15, 34; 16, 132. platform, 8, 214; 9, 59; 9, 91; 10, 156; 10, 203; 10, 222; 11, 150; 11, App. 1, 20; 17, 131; 21, 151. prescription, 11, 154; 11, App. 1, 37. spring, 8, 217; 8, 219; 9, 60; 9, 99; 10, 140; 10, 211; 10, 213; 11, 109;

11, 152; 11, App. 1, 30; 11, App. 1, 33; 17, 131; 21, 152. straight-face, 8, 219; 10, 213; 11, App. 1, 33; 21, 152. suspension, lever type, 10, 211; 11, 152; 11, App. 1, 29. spring scales, 8, 217; 8, 219; 9, 60; 9, 99; 10, 140; 10, 211; 10, 213; 11, 109;

11, 152; 11, App. 1, 30; 11, App. 1, 33; 17, 131; 21, 152. straight-face spring scales, 8, 219; 10, 213; 11, App. 1, 33; 21, 152. suspension scales, lever type, 10, 211; 11, 152; 11, App. 1, 29. tanks, vehicle (wagon, truck), 14, 88; 16, 89; 16, 151; 17, 100; 17, 115; 18, 25; 21, 149. taximeters, 18, 97; 18, 107; 19, 38. vehicle tanks (wagon, truck), 14, 88; 16, 89; 16, 151; 17, 100; 17, 115; 18, 25; 21, 149. weighers, wheel load, 19, 156; 21, 151. weights, 8, 220; 9, 62; 9, 112; 10, 216; 11, 155; 11, App. 1, 41; 17, 132. Spring scales, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 217; 8, 219; 9, 60; 9, 99; 10, 140; 10, 211; 10, 213; 11, 109; 11, 152; 11, App. 1, 30; 11, App. 1, 33; 17, 131;

21, 152.

straight-face, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 219; 10, 213; 11, App. 1, 33; 21, 152. Standard barrel: law, 9, 53; 9, 56; 10, 176. resolution on 8, 223. Standard baskets and hampers, resolution on, 19, 168. Standard shipping containers for fruits and vegetables, 12, 89. resolution on, 19, 168. Standard-weight bread. See Bread.

Standardization of

bread weights. See Bread, standard weight, legislation.

containers, 6, 46; 6, 134; 12, 89; 13, 122; 13, 189. resolution on, 19, 168. packages, resolution on, 12, 207; 13, 175; 14, 110. Standardization and simplification, 16, 94. Standards

:

capacity, testing of, 8, 181. commercial, 21, 66. n. length, testing of, 20, 28. \ mass, testing of, 19, 103.

* precision, manufacture of, 15, 102. quality, for coal, resolution on, 16, 149. Stock scales, 18, 55; 19, 40. Straight-face spring scales, specifications and tolerances for, 8, 219; 10, 213;

11, App. 1, 33; 21, 152. Stratton, Samuel W.

:

presentation of resolutions and medallion to, 17, 108. resolution on life and work of, 16, 136. Storage tanks, resolution on marked capacity of, 9, 123. Sugar industry, weights in, 20, 35. Supervisional activities, 12, 57; 14, 50; 17, 85; 17, 111; 18, 44; 19, 26; 19, 89;

21, 93. Suspension scales, lever tvpe, specifications and tolerances for, 10, 211; 11, 152;

11, App. 1, 29. Sweet potatoes, measurement of, 16, 63. Tanks:

fuel-oil storage, testing of, 19, 22. storage, marking of, resolution on, 9, 123. vehicle (wagon, truck), 15, 53. specifications and tolerances for, 14, 88; 16, 89; 16, 151; 17, 100; 17, 115; 18, 25; 21, 149. testing of, 17, 94; 19, 57.
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Taximeters

:

specifications and tolerances for, 18, 97; 18, 107; 19, 38. test and inspection of, 12, 85; 17, 117; 17, 121; 18, 78; 19, 31. transmission drive for, 19, 31; 20, 80. Bureau of Standards investigation on, 21, 21. resolution on, 21, 160. Temperature as factor in measurement of gasoline, 16, 50. Test cars, railroad track scale testing, 18, 176. Testing device for scales, 21, 40. Testing of—

bottles, milk and cream, 16, 47. capacity measures, 8, 181.

clinical thermometers, 19, 48. electric meters, 10, 52. fabric-measuring devices, 15, 93.

fuel-oil storage tanks, 19, 22. gas meters, 8, 90. glassware, graduated, 9, 39. large-capacity scales, 15, 32; 18, 54; 18, 65; 19, 40; 20, 84; 21, 40; 21, 48. leather-measuring devices, 15, 44. length standards, 20, 28. liquid-measuring devices, 14, 64; 15, 111; 21, 104. livestock scales, 18, 55; 19, 40. mass standards, 19, 103. measures, capacity, 8, 181. meters—

electric, 10, 52. gas, 8, 90. taxicab, 12, 85; 17, 117; 17, 121; 18, 78; 19, 31. water, 8, 118. milk and cream bottles, 16, 47. postal scales, 8, 261; 17, 34; 18, 171. resolution on, 17, 138.

scales

grain, 12, 140. jewelers', 9, 39. large-capacity platform, 15, 32; 18, 54; 18, 65; 19, 40; 20, 84; 21, 40;

21, 48. livestock, 18, 55; 19, 40. postal, 8, 261; 17, 34; 18, 171. resolution on, 17, 138. railroad track, 10, 86; 11, 62. standards

capacity, 8, 181. length, 20, 28. mass, 19, 103. stock scales, 18, 55; 19, 40. tanks

fuel-oil, 19, 22. vehicle (wagon, truck), 17, 94; 19, 57. taximeters, 12, 85; 17, 117; 17, 121; 18, 78; 19, 31. thermometers, clinical, 19, 48. vehicle tanks, 17, 94; 19, 57. water meters, 8, 118. weighers, wheel-load, 19, 151. weights (office standards and test weights), 19, 103. wheel-load weighers, 19, 151. Thermometers, clinical: resolution on, 19, 168. testing of, 19, 48. Tobacco industry, weights in, 20, 35. Toilet paper, uniform marking of, 11, 113. resolution on, 11, 182. Tolerances. See Specifications and/or tolerances. necessity for, in excess, 17, 51; 18, 110. Ton:

resolution on 2,000-pound, 16, 142. uniform, for coal, 15, 53; 15, 124; 16, 65.
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Track scales, railroad. See Scales, railroad track. Transient vendors, regulation of, 18, 121. Transmission drive for taximeters, 19, 31; 20, 80; 21, 21; 21, 160. Twine and cordage, 16, 63; 17, 71. Type of commercial apparatus, approval of. See Approval of type of commercial

apparatus.

Uniform laws, regulations, etc., among the States, 21, 60. resolution on, 10, 186; 21, 161. Vegetables and fruits: method of sale of. See Sale by weight, dry commodities. standard shipping containers for, 12, 89. resolution on, 19, 168. Vehicle tanks (wagon, truck), 15, 53. specifications and tolerances for, 14, 88; 16, 89; 16, 151; 17, 100; 17, 115;

18, 25; 21, 149. testing of, 17, 94; 19, 57. Vendors, transient, regulation of, 18, 121. Water meters, testing of, 8, 118; 21, 54. Weighers, wheel-load:

protection of highways by, 15, 26. specifications and tolerances for, 19, 156; 21, 151. testing of, 19, 151. Weighing:

baggage and freight, 18, 34; 18, 46.

coal, 13, 182; 14, 54: 16, 123. coke, 11, 159. cotton, 16, 26. creamery, 17, 11. grain, 12, 140. in customs service, 18, 104.

industrial, 11, 51; 19, 120.

live stock, 19, 40. sugar, 20, 35. tobacco, 20, 35. Weighmasters, supervision of, 18, 12. Weight:

sale of dry commodities by, 8, 106; 8, 109; 9, 147; 10, 109; 10, 1S9; 11, 88;

12, 212; 13, 185; IS, 17; 16, 82; 17, 37; 19, 59. resolution on, 8, 200; 10, 189; 13, 177; 16, 139.

sale of ice cream by, 18, 115; 19, 146. resolution on, 20, 131.

sales by, general resolution on, 12, 205; 19, 167.

sales by net weight, 13, 118; 16, 69. \

Weights : \

office standards and test weights, testing of, 19, 103. specifications and tolerances for, 8, 200; 9, 62; 9, 112; 10, 216; 11, 155; 11, App. 1, 41; 17, 132. Weights and measures correspondence course, resolution on, 18, 182. Wheel-load weighers:

protection of highways by, 15, 26. specifications and tolerances for, 19, 156; 21, 151. testing of, 19, 151. Wood, sale of, 12, 61. Wrapped meats, shrinkage on, 20, 121.
NAMES

Adams, O. C, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.: Weights and measures

aspects of chain-store operation, 21, 79. Alexander, Hon. Joshua W., Secretary of Commerce: Address, 13, 57. Allen, L. J., chief inspector of weights and measures, city of Seattle, Wash.:

Heavy-capacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 63. Alsberg, C. L., Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture:

Enforcement of net-weight amendment to the food and drugs act, 9, 18;

12, 148. Andresen, Hon. A. H., Member of Congress, third district, Minnesota: Weights

and measures prosecutions, 19, 89. Austin, George F., sealer of weights and measures, city of Detroit, Mich.:

Inspection and regulation of taximeters, 12, 85. Calibration of vehicle tanks in Detroit, Mich., 17, 94. Heavy-capacitv platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 55. Transmission drive for taximeters, 19, 31. Marked weight and shrinkage of hams and other wrapped meats, 20, 124. Bacigalupo, A. W., inspector of weights and measures, city of Memphis, Tenn.: Safeguarding the merchant, 18, 44. Baker, H. W., Ohmer Fare Register Co. : Transmission drive for taximeters,

20, 83. Barnard, F. G., sealer of weights and measures, city of Battle Creek, Mich.:

Regulations for the weighing of coke, 11, 159. Barnard, H. E., American Institute of Baking:

Bread legislation from the standpoint of the baker, 14, 24. Divergence of bread-labeling requirements, 16, 98. Application of scientific methods of law enforcement, 17, 63. Proposed tolerances for loaves of bread, 18, 143. Barnes, Miss Margaretta, Hutzler Bros., Baltimore, Md.: Department-store

control of fabric measurement, 20, 8. Barrett, H. F., Buffalo Meter Co.: Testing of gasoline meters in the factorv,

21, 126. Barron, R. F., commissioner of weights and measures, State of Minnesota:

Detecting shortages, securing evidence, and prosecuting offenders, 14, 50. Sale of service on the basis of weight or measure, 16, 23. Bearce, H. W., Bureau of Standards:

Glass graduates suitable for weights and measures officials, 9, 126. Necessity for tolerances in excess as well as in deficiency, 18, 110.

Bell, Raymond, Bureau of Dairying, United States Department of Agriculture:

Wholesale sale of milk and cream, and the Babcock test, 19, 13. Benjamin, Fred, superintendent of standards, State of Illinois: Operation of compulsory sales-by-weight statutes, 19, 59. Berka, Frank, deputy sealer of weights and measures, city and count}^ of Los

Angeles, Calif.: Testing of gasoline meters in the field, 21, 112. Bousfield, A., E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.: Design and construction of scales, 8, 123. Development in heavy track-scale construction, 11, 97. Heavy-capacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for factory tests, 18, 65. Development of industry, 21, 99. Boyer, L. R., Fairbanks, Morse & Co.: Plate-fulcrum principle in scale construction, 20, 11. Brand, Hon. Charles, Member of Congress, seventh district, Ohio: Standard- weight bread law, 17, 59; 19, 83. Bridge, M. A., sealer of weights and measures, city of Columbus, Ohio: Use of auxiliary automobile tanks for checking gasoline deliveries, 19, 101. 16
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REFERENCES 17

Briggs, C. A., Bureau of Standards: Platform scales, 7, 146. Car weighing, 7, 162. Distribution of the load among the various points of support of a scale platform, 7, 169. Notes on scales, 8, 135. Report of railroad track scale tests conducted bv the Bureau of Standards,

10, 82. Developments in specifications for railroad track scales, 12, 107. Briggs, C. A., United States Department of Agriculture:

Heavy-capacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 55. Problems in livestock weighing, 19, 40. Brooks, H. B., Bureau of Standards: Testing of electric meters, 10, 52. Brooks, P. C, Scale and Balance Manufacturers' Association: Manufacturers'

attitude toward approval of type, 15, 72. Bulson, Charles H., sealer of weights and measures, county of Jefferson, New

York: Publicity as a means of increasing cooperation and efficiency, 17, 91. Burgess, George K., Bureau of Standards: President's address, 17, 2; 18, 1; 19, 1; 20, 32; 21, 1. Cheyney, A. R., Post Office Department: Post Office Department program for checking and maintaining accuracy of scales in service, 18, 171. Cluett, W. F., chief deputy inspector of weights and measures, city of Chicago, 111.: Method of keeping sealers' records, 7, 90. Proposed bread-weight legislation in Illinois, 14, 30. Enforcing sales-by-weight legislation and the elimination of the dry measure,

15, 17. Organization and conduct of city and count}' departments of weights and

measures, 16, 34. Method of test of taximeters in Chicago, 17, 117. Supervision of weighmasters, 18, 12. Corwin, A. W., sealer of weights and measures, county of Alleghany, New York:

Marked weight and shrinkage of hams and other wrapped meats, 20, 127. A periodical on weights and measures by the sealers association, 21, 71. Craig, James H., deputy secretary of internal affairs, State of Pennsylvania:

Mandatory net-content marking of all commodities in package form, 19, 121. Cronin, P. D., United States Department of Agriculture: Federal laws in relation to short weight in interstate commerce, 19, 160; 19, 166. Cummings, John J., inspector of standards, State of Massachusetts: Testing leather-measuring machines, 15, 44. Testing of clinical thermometers, 19, 52. Methods adopted for regulation of new types of devices, 20, 49. Dalziel, William A., deputy sealer of weights and measures, State of Oregon :\ Progress of weights and measures in the far West, 18, 69. \

Regulating the sale of eggs in Oregon, 19, 118. Davis, H. N., deputy commissioner of weights and measures, State of Vermont:

Flood conditions as affecting weights and measures officials in New England,

21, 153. Dawson, J. J., inspector of standards, State of Massachusetts:

Testing of clinical thermometers, 19, 52. Promotion of interest in weights and measures supervision by essay contests among school children, 21, 62. Downing, F. P., chief inspector of weights and measures, State of Wisconsin:

Creamery, prescription, and jewelers' weighing and measuring appliances,

9, 39. Downing, F. P., Bureau of Markets, United States Department of Agriculture:

Movement toward obtaining standard shipping containers for marketing

fresh fruits and vegetables, 12, 89. Drake, Fred R., National Wholesale Grocers' Association: Metric system, 9, 27. Durgin, William A., Bureau of Standards: Standardization and simplification,

16, 94. Egy, W. L., W. & L. E. Gurley: Difficulties encountered by manufacturers of precision standards due to nonuniform requirements, 15, 102. Emery, J. Q., superintendent of weights and measures, State of Wisconsin: Maintenance of accuracy of scales in creameries, 17, 11.
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Epright, A. W., Pennsylvania Railroad: Railroad track scales, 6, 67. Railroad supervision of baggage and freight scales, 18, 46. Plate-fulcrum master scale installation at Altoona works on Pennsylvania

Railroad, 20, 15. Ernst, Morris L., Jewelers' Board of Trade, New York, N. Y. : Fraudulent marking of jewelry, 17, 140. Essig, A., National Meter Co.: Testing of gasoline meters in the factory, 21, 119. Estes, Howard R., sealer of weights and measures, city of Flint, Mich.

Temperature as a factor in the measurement of gasoline, 16, 50. Heavy-capacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 63. Bottles for the sale of lubricating oil, 19, 17. Fairchild, I. J., Bureau of Standards: Commercial standards, 21, 66. Ferner, R. Y., Bureau of Standards: Testing of capacity measures, 8, 181.

Ferris, C. H., National Bottle Manufacturers' Association: Divergence of re- quirements affecting milk bottles, 15, 30. Fischer, Louis A., Bureau of Standards:

Secretary's report, 5, 12; 6, 13; 7, 16; 8, 15; 9, 15; 10, 46; 11, S3; 12, 25; 13, 18. History of the standard weights and measures of the United States, 1, 6. Foreign weights and measures laws and regulations, 2, 35. Mine scale work of the Bureau of Standards, 14, 57. Flaherty, Thomas, sealer of weights and measures, city and county of San Francisco, Calif. : Use of auxiliary automobile tanks for checking gasoline deliveries,

19, 99. Flurry, H. L., chief, division of weights and measures, State of Alabama:

Solving weights and measures problems in the South, 19, 73. Methods adopted for regulation of new types of devices, 20, 50. Foley, J. Harry, superintendent of weights and measures, State of New Jersey: Elimination of sales by gross weight, 16, 69. New Jersey sale-by-weight law, 17, 37. Methods adopted for regulation of new types of devices, 20, 47. Foster, William, sealer of weights and measures, city of Springfield, Mass.

Organization and conduct of city and county departments of weights and

measures, 16, 36. Testing of gasoline meters in the field, 21, 104.

Fuller, Charles M., sealer of weights and measures, city and county of Los

Angeles, Calif.: Enforcement of bread legislation, including proper tolerances, 14, 37. Organization and conduct of city and county departments of weights and

measures, 16, 39. Measurement of petroleum products, 19, 57. Devices for dispensing greases and similar products, 20, 70. Gast, Fred W., United States Treasury Department: Weighing in the Customs

Service, 18, 104. Gatewood, Lieut. Col. C. B., U. S. Army: Work of the Ordnance Department,

12, 99. Gordon, B. B., Pennsvlvania Railroad: Inspection and testing of track scales, 11, 62. Gordon, E. D., Bureau of Standards: Progress of track-scale investigations,

12, 64. Greene, Edward L., National Better Business Bureau (Inc.) : The business man

and the weights and measures official, 21, 93.

Griffith, C. P., S. F. Bowser & Co. (Inc.): Testing of gasoline meters in the factory, 21, 117.

Griffith, S. T., chief, division of weights and measures, city of Baltimore, Md.

:

Personal element in our work, 18, 170. How the public is educated in Baltimore, 20, 84. Hall, Thomas, National Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers: Methods of

sale for ice cream, 19, 148. Halsey, F. A., American Institute of Weights and Measures: Metric system,

12, 112. Haskell, W. C, superintendent of weights, measures, and markets, District of Columbia: Difference in the amount of a bushel of a comniodhVy when sold by

weight and when sold by measure, 8, 109. Hardwick, Hon. Thomas W., chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and

Measures, House of Representatives: Address, 7, 54. Harrison, M. J. J., Bureau of Standards: Mine scales and mine-scale investigation, 12, 161.
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES REFERENCES 19

Hartigan, Joseph, commissioner, mayor's bureau of weights and measures, city of New York, N. Y.: Serialization of type, 9, 164. Hedwall, F. H., Boston & Maine Railroad: Installation and maintenance of track

scales, 11, 73. Hem, H. 0., Toledo Scale Co.: Automatic scales, 12, 73. Regulation of new types of devices, 20, 58. Hem, H. Warren, Toledo Scale Co.: A new scale-testing device, 21, 40. Henrichson, W. T., meter inspector, division of weights and measures, State of Texas: Supervision of gas, electric, and water meters in Texas, 21, 54. Henry, H. H., commissioner of weights and measures, State of Vermont: Functions of a State sealer, 8, 177. Higbee, L. C, W. & L. E. Gurley: Difficulties encountered by manufacturers

of precision standards due to nonuniform requirements, 15, 102. Hinds, Sherwood, St. Louis Pump & Equipment Co.: Regulation of new types

of devices, 20, 64. Holbrook, F. S., Bureau of Standards:

State legislation, resume, 7, 18. Weights and measures of Porto Rico, 9, 138. Standard barrel law, 10, 176. History of legislation in re approval of type, 15, 66. Method of test in conformance with specification No. 8 for liquid-measuring

devices, 15, 115. Present status of negotiations toward obtaining uniform regulations for milk

bottles, 16, 45. Decision of the United States Supreme Court on Nebraska bread law,

17, 51. Practicability of proposed sale of commodities on basis of moisture-free

ingredients, 18, 154. Visible devices for indication of full delivery, and drainage period of liquidmeasuring devices, 20, 95. Holwell, Joseph J., commissioner, mayor's bureau of weights and measures, city of New York, N. Y.: Federal regulation of weighing and measuring devices, 12, 134. Weights and measures education in the schools, 13, 167. Relationship between weights and measures officials, merchants, and manufacturers, 15, 75. Manner of sale of cordage, 16, 71. Hoover, Hon. Herbert, Secretary of Commerce: Address, 14, 79; 15, 25; 16, 76;

17, 135; 18, 74; 19, 116. Horigan, J. B., United States Department of Agriculture: Interstate status of package goods, 17, 47. Hosch, G. Carlton, Measuregraph Co.: Machine measurement for fabrics, 11, 117. Hovey, V. F., National Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers: Shall ice cream

be sold by weight? Viewpoint of the manufacturer, 18, 129. Intemann, E. A. G., jr., New Jersey Retail Ice Cream and Candy Manufacturers'

Association: Shall ice cream be sold by weight? Viewpoint of the retailer, 18, 133. Irvine, T. L., superintendent of weights and measures and oil inspection, city

of Salt Lake City, Utah: Destination weighing of coal from the standpoint of the official, 14, 54. Johnson, Charles G., superintendent of weights and measures, State of California: Proper publicity for a weights and measures department, 11, 45. Net weight, 13, 118. Judson, L. V., Bureau of Standards:

International Bureau of Weights and Measures and general impressions of weights and measures abroad, 17, 81. Testing of standards of length, 20, 28. Keene, A., United States Taximeter Corporation: Transmission drive for taxi- meters, 19, 34. Kelly, Dennis, sealer of weights and measures, city of Bridgeport, Conn. : Heavycapacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 57. Klueter, Harry, assistant dairy and food commissioner, State of Wisconsin:

Regulation of sale of ice cream in Wisconsin, 18, 137. Kremer, C. J., Retail Bakers' Association of America: Bread-weight legislation

and the retail baker, 16, 104.

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Lamb, J. G., Scott Paper Co.: Need of a uniform method of marking toilet paper, 11, 113. Lawrence, David, The United States Daily:

The press and the official, 20, 39. Radio talk on National Conference on Weights and Measures, 20, 67. Lawrence^ E. Kent, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad: Origin and destination weighing

of coal in carload lots, 16, 123. Lindsay, C. A., Howe Scale Co.: Heavy-capacity platform scales: Apparatus

and methods for factory tests, 18, 67. Lutze, August, sealer of weights and measures, city of Sheboygan, Wis.: Cooperation between State and local weights and measures departments, 16, 28. McGrady, W. B., chief, bureau of standards, State of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania serialization law, 15, 60. McWilliams, Arthur, chief, division of dairies and foods, State of Ohio: Elimination of short weight and measure, 17, 85. Mackall, John N., Maryland State Roads Commission: Protection of highways

by means of portable weighing devices, 15, 26. MacLean, A. D., Pittsburgh Equitable Meter Co.: Testing of gasoline meters

in the factory, 21, 122. Maroney, Edward J., sealer of weights and measures, city of New Haven, Conn.: Problems arising in the supervision of public markets, 16, 53. Heavy-capacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 58. Meads, Albert H., Toledo Scale Co.: Proposed amendments to specifications for scales, 11, 107. Meek, J. H., director, division of markets, State of Virginia:

Marked weight and shrinkage of hams and other wrapped meats, 20, 121. Some comments on cooperation among weights and measures officials, 21, 60. Miller, I. L., commissioner of weights and measures, State of Indiana: Attitude of the Middle West toward the abolition of bushel weights, 16, 82. Enforcement of the Indiana bread law, 17, 40. Operation of compulsory sales-by-weight statutes, 19, 61. Mills, J. B., Ohmer Fare Register Co.: Transmission drive for taximeters, 19, 36. Moller, Col. I. L., traffic department, District of Columbia: Portable devices designed for determining the axle loads of loaded trucks on highwaj^s, 19, 151. Moore, George B., chief inspector of weights and measures, countv of Allegheny,

Pa.:Organization and conduct of city and county departments of weights and

measures, 16, 41. Heavy-capacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 64. Mote, John M., assistant chief inspector of weights and measures, State of Ohio: Reasons for standard-weight loaves of bread and enforcement of Ohio standard- weight bread law, 15, 88. Mueller, E. F., Bureau of Standards: Testing of clinical thermometers, 19, 48. Nagel, Hon. Charles, Secretary of Commerce and Labor: Address, 5, 8; 6, 111;

7, 11. Neale, Charles C, commissioner of weights and measures, State of Minnesota:

Seals and methods of sealing, 8, 204. Demonstration showing the necessity of maintaining scale levers level and

lever connections plumb, 9, 34. Weight standardization of bread, 13, 115. Neale, Charles C, Toledo Scale Co.: Weighing in industry, 19, 120. Parry, William, Bureau of Standards: Notes on digest of weights and measures

cases, 21, 155. Paul, Lawrence, chief, bureau of weights and measures, city of Richmond, Va.: Problems arising in the supervision of public markets, 16, 58. Peffer, E. L., Bureau of Standards: Proposed method for testing milk and cream bottles, 16, 47. Gauging of fuel-oil storage tanks, 19, 22. Pienkowsky, A. T., Bureau of Standards: Testing standards of mass (office standards and test weights), 19, 103. Rafferty, James J., collector of internal revenue for the Philippine Islands: Weights and measures conditions in the Philippine Islands, 10, 50. Ragland, B. W., chief, bureau of weights and measures, city of Richmond, Va.:

Activities of bureau in Richmond, 18, 39. Rasmussen, Fred, National Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers: Shall ice cream be sold by weight? Viewpoint of the manufacturer, 18, 122.
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Redfern, E. L., sealer of weights and measures, State of Iowa: Training the prospective housewife, 19, 86. Redfield, Hon. William C., Secretary of Commerce: Address, 8, 12; 9, 11; 10, 13;

11, 13; 12, 119. Reichmann, Fritz, superintendent of weights and measures, State of New York: Content of container law, 8, 79. Reichmann, Fritz, former superintendent of weights and measures, State of New

York:

Selection and maintenance of apparatus in industrial plants, 11, 51. Machine measurements in retail dry goods stores, 13, 169. Richard, C. L., Bureau of Standards: Test car accuracy, 18, 176. Roberts, George M., superintendent of weights, measures, and markets, District

of Columbia:

Retail sale of coal and coke, 16, 127. Regulatory activities of a weights and measures department, 19, 26. Roeser, H. M., Bureau of Standards: What the Bureau of Standards is doing to increase the accuracy of weighing revenue freight, 18, 34. Testing methods and tolerances for portable devices designed for determining

the axle loads of loaded trucks on highways, 19, 153. Notes on apparatus for testing heavy-capacity scales, 20, 84. Installation of Bureau of Standards master scale, 21, 44. Rogers, Joseph G., secretary, department of weights and measures, State of New

Jersey

:

Shall ice cream be sold by weight? Viewpoint of the weights and measures

official, 18, 115. New equipment for testing heavy-capacity scales in New Jersey, 21, 48. Ro37 lance, William M., Western Fruit Jobbers Association of America: Sales by

weight, 10, 109. Runkel, H., Bureau of Chemistrj7

, United States Department of Agriculture:

Enforcement of law in re marking of weights on wrapped meats, 14, 45. Saldafia, E. J., executive secretary of Porto Rico: Administration of weights and measures in Porto Rico, 17, 17. Weights in the sugar and tobacco industries, 20, 35. Schlink, F. J., Bureau of Standards: Automatic scales, 10, 95. Liquid-measuring pumps, 11, 57; 11, App. 2. Schmitz, J. A., Chicago Board of Trade: Problem of weights in the handling of

grain, 12, 140. Schwartz, A. W., assistant superintendent of weights and measures, State of New

Jersey

:

Standardization of containers for foodstuffs and the marking of the weight

of commodities in package form, 13, 122. Heavv-capacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18/57. \ Searle, F. A., Landers, Frary & Clark: Regulation of new types of devices, 20, 61. Seraphin, Theo. A., district supervisor of weights and measures, city and county

of Philadelphia, Pa.: Use of auxiliary automobile tanks for checking gasoline deliveries, 19, 95. Testing of gasoline meters in the field, 21, 110. Sharp, Benjamin M., chief clerk, bureau of weights and measures, city and county

of Philadelphia, Pa.: System of keeping records, 10, 171. Sherman, John H., superintendent of weights, measures, and markets, District of Columbia: Weights and measures work from the standpoint of the efficiency

engineer, 10, 122.

Siren, J. N., sr., inspector of weights and measures, State of Louisiana: Weighing

of cotton, 16, 26. . Skinner, W. W., chairman, joint committee on definitions and standards, United

States Department of Agriculture: Work in relation to ice cream of the joint

committee on definitions and standards, 18, 135. Small, A. R., Underwriters' Laboratories: Gasoline pumps from the standpoint

of safety, 13, 59. Smedley, William, Retail Merchants' Association of Pennsylvania: The retail merchant, 17, 111. Smith, Leslie C, National Association of Ice Industries: Short weighting in ice

sales, 12, 77.
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Smith, Ralph W., deputy commissioner of weights and measures, State of Minnesota: Uniformity of State laws in weights per bushel of commodities, 8, 106. Smith, Ralph W., chief inspector of weights and measures, State of Wisconsin:

Mechanical versus supervisional weights and measures work, 12, 57. Smith, Ralph W., Bureau of Standards:

Testing of liquid-measuring devices, 14, 64. Proposed procedure for field test of fabric-measuring devices, 15, 93. Evaporation of gasoline from deliverv hose of liquid-measuring devices, 15, 111. Bureau of Standards investigation on commercial filling of milk and cream

bottles, 16, 43. Uniformity of regulations for milk bottles, 17, 26. Proposed method of test of taximeters, 18, 78. Bureau of Standards investigation on the transmission drive for taximeters,

21, 21. Staples, George H., inspector of weights and measures, State of Minnesota:

Salary system versus fee system of inspection, 12, 87. Stephenson, John H., sealer of weights and measures, city of Rochester, N. Y.: Testing of gasoline meters in the field, 21, 115. Stillman, M. H., Bureau of Standards: Testing of dry gas meters, 8, 90. Stratton, S. W., Bureau of Standards:

President's address, 1, 5; 2, 5; 4, 5; 5, 7; 6, 7; 7, 15; 8, 15; 9, 12; 10, 17; 11, 16; 12, 15; 13, 13; 14, 16; 16, 16. Address memorializing Louis Albert Fischer, 1864-1921, 15, 2. Stratton, S. W., Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Address, 17, 89. Straus, Hon. Oscar S., Secretary of Commerce and Labor: Address, 3, 55. Strobridge, Edward K., sealer of weights and measures, county of Alameda,

Calif.: Heavy-capacitv platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 59. Strong, L. P., chief, division of weights and measures, State of Michigan: Regulating the fruit crop in Michigan, 20, 133. Stutz, W. F., Bureau of Standards: Testing of water meters, 8, 118. Sweeney, James A., sealer of weights and measures, city of Boston, Mass.: Meeting the problem of peddlers and transient vendors, 18, 21. Swoger, William F., director, bureau of standard weights and measures, State of Pennsylvania: Methods adopted for regulation of new types of devices, 20, 43. Theilmann, R. H., inspector of weights and measures, State of Arizona: Progress

of weights and measures in the far West, 18, 71. Thompson, W. E., supervisor of scales, State of Minnesota: Heavy-capacity

platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 60. Van Keuren, H. L., Bureau of Standards: Method of adjusting railroad track

scales, 10, 86. Vestal, Hon. Albert H., chairman, Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, House of Representatives: Approval of type, 15, 57. Votaw, G. A., commissioner of markets, weights, and measures, city of Cleveland, Ohio : Scoring machines for ice, 20, 22. Walsh, J. L., commissioner of weights and measures, city of New York, N. Y.: Federal regulation of weighing and measuring apparatus, 8, 85. Warner, George, chief inspector of weights and measures, State of Wisconsin:

Wisconsin equipment for testing heavy-capacity scales, 15, 32. Heavy-capacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for field tests, 18, 54. Methods adopted for regulation of new types of devices, 20, 56. Webster, H. A., commissioner of weights and measures, State of New Hampshire: Sale of wood, 12, 61. Weibley, John W., Pittsburgh Taximeter Co. : Transmission drive for taximeters,

19, 38; 20, 81. Wells, W. C, Pan American Union: Weights and measures of Latin-American

countries, 12, 125. Wheeler, Hon. William R., Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Labor: Address,

4, 77. White, W. T., director, bureau of weights and measures, State of New York:

Education of public to appreciation of necessity for accuracy, 14, 21. Wholesale deliveries of gasoline, with special reference to vehicle tanks,

15, 53. Winslow, M. H., Winslow Government Standard Scale Works (Inc.): Heavycapacity platform scales: Apparatus and methods for factory tests, 18, 68.
EARLY PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES STANDARDS IN THE UNITED

STATES

Note.—In Miscellaneous Publication of the Bureau of Standards No. 64, History of the Standard Weights and Measures of the United States, will be

found a unified and relatively brief presentation of that subject. For those wishing to make a more detailed study along this line, the following list of refer- ences to original sources has been prepared; these references have been selected almost entirely from a bibliography on standard weights and measures published

in 1898 by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Report on Weights, Measures, and Coinage, by Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State, July 4, 1790. [Ex. Docs., 1st Cong., 2d sess.] Report of the Committee on Weights and Measures, Second Congress, first session, April 5, 1792. [Jour, of the Senate, pp. 173, 174.] Communication from Minister of French Republic, January 9, 1795. [Ex. Docs., 3d Cong., 2d sess.] Reports on Weights and Measures. Representative Carter B. Harrison, April

12, 1796. [Ex. Docs., 4th Cong., 1st sess.] Report on a Standard of W

T eights and Measures by Select Committee of Congress,

January 25, 1819. [House Docs. No. 109, 15th Cong., 2d sess., Vol. VI.] Report on Weights and Measures, by John Quincv Adams, Secretary of State, February 22, 1821. [Ex. Papers No. 109, 16th Cong., 2d sess., Vol. VIII.]

Report on Weights and Measures by Select Committee of Congress, March 11, 1822. [Reports of committees No. 65, 17th Cong., 1st sess., Vol. I.] Report on Weights and Measures, by the Secretary of the Treasury, March 3, 1831. [Senate Docs. No. 74, 21st Cong., 2d sess., Vol. II; also forming a part

of Doc. No. 299, H. R., 22d Cong., 1st sess.] Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on examination of weights and measures

of the customhouses, June 20, 1832. [22d Cong., 1st sess., Doc. No. 299, H. R.] Report on Weights and Measures, Franklin Institute, 1834. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting information in relation to a standard of weights and measures, December 26, 1835. [24th Cong., 1st

sess., Doc. No. 32, H. R.]

Report of the Committee on Commerce in relation to standards for States and

Territories, January 30, 1836. [24th Cong., 1st sess., Report No. 259, H. R.] Report of Mr. Pinckney of the Committee on Commerce in relation to standards

for States and Territories, March 21, 1836. [24th Cong., 1st sess., Report

No. 449, H. R.] Report of progress in construction of standards of weights and measures, by

F. R. Hassler, superintendent of weights and measures, November 19, 1836. [Combined with Annual Report of the Coast Survey, 1836.] Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting report of F. R. Hassler on standards of weights and measures, Julv 3, 1838. [House Doc. No. 454,

25th Cong., 2d sess.] Report of F. R. Hassler as superintendent of construction of standards of weight

and measure, November 14, 1838. [Forms part of Senate Doc. No. 4, 25th

Cong., 3d sess.] Upon the construction of standards of weights and measures, November 16, 1839. [Forms part of Senate Doc. No. 15 and of House Doc. No. 20, 26th Cong.,

1st sess.] Report of F. R. Hassler, superintendent of weights and measures, on completion

of standard yard measures, July 10, 1840. [House Doc. No. 261, 26th Cong.,

1st sess.] Upon the construction of standard weights and measures, November 17, 1840. [Forms part of House Doc. No. 14, 26th Cong., 2d sess.] Report of F. R. Hassler, superintendent of weights and measures, on completion of standard ounce weights, June 22, 1841. [House Doc. No. 33, 27tl? Cong., 1st sess.] 23
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Report on construction of liquid-capacity standards, April 5, 1842. [Senate Doc. No. 225 and House Doc. No. 178, 27th Cong., 2d sess.] Report of Committee on Commerce on adoption of metric system of weights

and measures, March 2, 1843. [House Report No. 285, 27th Cong., 3d sess.] Reports of F. R. Hassler as superintendent of construction of standards of weight

and measure, April, June, and November, 1843, and January, 1844. [House

Doc. No. 94, 28th Cong., 1st sess.] Report of Alexander D. Bache, superintendent of weights and measures, on

construction of standard weights, measures, and balances, February, 1845. [Senate Doc. No. 149 and House Doc. No. 159, 28th Cong., 2d sess.]" Reports of Alexander D. Bache, superintendent of weights and measures, on

construction of standard weights, measures, and balances, April 25 and August

7, 1846. [Senate Doc. No. 483, 29th Cong., 1st sess.] Reports of Alexander D. Bache, superintendent of weights and measures, on

construction of standard weights, measures, and balances, July 30 and August

12, 1848. [Senate Ex. Doc. No. 73 and House Ex. Doc. No. 84, 30th Cong.,

1st sess.] Report of Alexander D. Bache, superintendent of weights and measures, on construction and distribution of standard weights, measures, and balances,

December 31, 1856. [Senate Ex. Doc. No. 27, 34th Cong., 3d sess.] Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on the weights and measures furnished

the States and their cost, December 15, 1858. [Senate Ex. Doc. No. 6, 35th

Cong., 2d sess.] Report of Mr. Kasson of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, on a

uniform system of weights and measures, May 17, 1866. [House Report No.

62, 39th Cong., 1st sess.] Relation of standards of measure of United States to those of Great Britain and

France, by J. E. Hilgard, assistant, United States Coast Survey, 1876. [App. No. 22 to'U. S. Coast Survey Report for 1876.] Comparison of American and British standard yards, by J. E. Hilgard, assistant, United States Coast Survey, 1877. [App. No. 12 to U. S. Coast Survey Report

for 1877.] Letters of C. P. Patterson, superintendent, and J. E. Hilgard, assistant, United

States Coast Survey, on obligatory use of metric system of weights and measures, March 1878. [House Ex. Doc. No. 71, 45th Cong., 2d sess.] Statement of J. E. Hilgard, assistant, United States Coast Survey, on standard

weights and measures of the United States, May 8, 1878. [House Mis. Doc. No. 61, 45th Cong., 2d sess.] Papers relative to the convention establishing the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, June 11, 1878. [House Ex. Doc. No. 96, 45th Cong.,

2d sess.] Report of Mr. Vance of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures, on a

decimal svstem of weights and measures, March 5, 1880. [House Mis. Doc. No.

29, 46th Cong., 2d sess.] Letter of F. M. Thorn, superintendent, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey,

relating to supplying standard weights, measures, and balances to States and

Territories, January, 1886. [Senate Ex. Doc. No. 55, 49th Cong., 1st sess.] Verification of Weights and Measures, by O. H. Tittmann, assistant, United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, November 30, 1889. [Coast and Geodetic Survey

Bulletin No. 15, 1889.] On the relation of the yard to the metre, by O. H. Tittmann, assistant, United

States Coast and Geodetic Survey. [App. No. 16, Annual Report of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1890, being a republication, with additions, of a

paper first published as U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Bulletin No. 9.] Historical account of United States standards of weight and measure, compiled

by O. H. Tittmann, assistant in charge of the Office of Standard Weights and

Measures of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, May 6, 1890. [App. No. 18, Annual Report of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1890.] Fundamental Standards of Length and Mass, by T. C. Mendenhall, superin- tendent of standard weights and measures, April 5, 1893. [App. No. 6, Annual

Report of the U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1890, having been first published as U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Bulletin No. 26.]
BOOKS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT OF WEIGHTS AND

MEASURES, BY OUTSIDE AUTHORS

Note.—The following short list of weights and measures books has been

selected from the limited literature on this subject, as comprising those most

apt to interest American weights and measures officials, manufacturers, and

students. No publications in a foreign language have been included, nor is the

list inclusive of all books on the subject printed in English.

British Weights and Measures, by C. M. Watson. 1910. A history of British weights and measures as described in the laws of England from Anglo-Saxon

times. Published by John Murray, London, England.

Construction of the Balance, by E. Brauer. Third edition, 1909. (Revised by

Fr. Lawaczeck, and translated by Henry C. Walters. "According to underlying principles and according to its special purpose. For use by manufacturers

of weighing instruments as also for technical colleges and schools." Published

by the Incorporated Societj?" of Inspectors of Weights and Measures. (Address:

Secretary, Weights and Measures Office, Council House, Coventry, England.)

Conversion Tables of Foreign Weights, Measures, and Moneys, by John J. Macfarlane. Seventh edition, 1924. Published by the Foreign Trade Bureau,

Philadelphia Commercial Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. Early Weights and Measures of Mankind, by Charles Warren. 1913. Published by the Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, London, England.

Evolution of Weights and Measures and the Metric System, by William Hallock

and Herbert T. Wade. 1906. "It has been the aim of the authors to present

in simple and nontechnical language, so far as possible, a comprehensive view

of the evolution of the science of metrology as it is now understood." Published

by the Macmillan Co., New York, N. Y.

Historical Essays, by William Robertson. 1872. Standards of the past in weight and currency, land measurements, etc. Published by Edmonston

and Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland. Men and Measures, by Edward Nicholson. 1912. "A history of weights and

measures, ancient and modern." Published by Smith, Elder & Co., London,

England.

Modern Metrologj^, by Lowis D'A. Jackson. 1882. "A manual of the metrical

units and systems of the present century." Published by Crosby Lockwood &

Co., London, England.

Our Weights and Measures, by H. J. Chaney. 1897. "A practical treatise on the standard weights and measures in use in the British Empire * * *\."

Published by Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, England.

Scales and Weighing, by Herbert T. Wade. 1924. "Deals with the many

forms of weighing equipment now available for industrial and commercial

use and the ways in which they are utilized by well-organized concerns to secure operation at a profit." Published by the Ronald Press Co., New

York, N. Y. Statesman's Yearbook. Condensed information, including data on weights

and measures, for all countries. Published annually by Macmillan & Co.

(Ltd.), London, England.

Tate's Modern Cambist, by H. T. Easton. 1921. "A manual of foreign ex- changes and bullion with the monetary systems of the world and foreign

weights and measures * * * Published by Effingham Wilson, London,

England.

Treatise on Weighing Machines, by George A. Owen. 1922. "A guide to the

principles underlying the construction of weighing machines." Published by

Charles Griffin & Co., London, England.

Weights and Measures, by James Roberts. Third edition, 1908. "Being the weights and measures acts 1878 to 1904; the board of trade regulations, 1907; statutory provisions relating to the sale or checking of various commodities by

weight or measure; together with the principles of weighing and measuring."

Published by Charles Knight & Co. (Ltd.), London, England.

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United States: Scale Journal (monthly). Published bv the Scale Journal Publishing Co.

Editor: J. A. Schmitz, 309 South La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. Michigan Sealers' Bulletin (bimonthly). Published by the Michigan State, County, and City Sealers' Association. Editor: Will McGillivray,

Oscoda, Mich.

Weights and Measures News (monthly). 1 Published by the New York

State Association of Sealers of Weights and Measures. Editor: A. W.

Corwin, Wellsville, N. Y. Great Britain: Monthly Review (monthly). Published by the Incorporated Society of Inspectors of Weights and Measures. Editor: G. A. Owen, weights and

measures office, Council House, Smethwick, England.

Automatic World and Scale Trades Review (monthly). Address: 2, Wine

Office Court, Fleet Street, London E. C. 4, England.

France: Review de Metrologie Pratique (monthly). Publisher and Editor: Adrien

Roux, 10 Quai des Celestins, Paris, France. (This periodical is in the French language.)

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