Handbook 44 – 2009 

Table of Contents 

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Foreword............................................................................................................................................................................. iii

Committee............................................................................................................................................................................iv

2008 Amendments ............................................................................................................................................................. vii

2008 Editorial Changes........................................................................................................................................................ix

Introduction...........................................................................................................................................................................1 

Section 1.

1.10. General Code............................................................................................................................................... 1-1

Section 2.

2.20. Scales........................................................................................................................................................... 2-3

2.21. Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems ................................................................................................................... 2-49

2.22. Automatic Bulk Weighing Systems .......................................................................................................... 2-59

2.23. Weights...................................................................................................................................................... 2-65

2.24. Automatic Weighing Systems ................................................................................................................... 2-69

Section 3.

3.30. Liquid-Measuring Devices .......................................................................................................................... 3-3

3.31. Vehicle-Tank Meters................................................................................................................................. 3-25

3.32. Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Liquid-Measuring Devices ..................................... 3-37

3.33. Hydrocarbon Gas Vapor-Measuring Devices............................................................................................ 3-47

3.34. Cryogenic Liquid-Measuring Devices ...................................................................................................... 3-57

3.35. Milk Meters ............................................................................................................................................... 3-67

3.36. Water Meters ............................................................................................................................................. 3-75

3.37. Mass Flow Meters ..................................................................................................................................... 3-81

3.38. Carbon Dioxide Liquid-Measuring Devices.............................................................................................. 3-93

Section 4.

4.40. Vehicle Tanks Used as Measures ................................................................................................................ 4-3

4.41. Liquid Measures .......................................................................................................................................... 4-7

4.42. Farm Milk Tanks ......................................................................................................................................... 4-9

4.43. Measure-Containers................................................................................................................................... 4-15

4.44. Graduates................................................................................................................................................... 4-19

4.45. Dry Measures ............................................................................................................................................ 4-23

4.46. Berry Baskets and Boxes........................................................................................................................... 4-25

Section 5.

5.50. Fabric-Measuring Devices........................................................................................................................... 5-3

5.51. Wire- and Cordage-Measuring Devices ...................................................................................................... 5-7

5.52. Linear Measures ........................................................................................................................................ 5-11

5.53. Odometers ................................................................................................................................................. 5-13

5.54. Taximeters................................................................................................................................................. 5-17

5.55. Timing Devices ......................................................................................................................................... 5-23

5.56.(a) Grain Moisture Meters .............................................................................................................................. 5-27

5.56.(b) Grain Moisture Meters .............................................................................................................................. 5-37

5.57. Near-Infrared Grain Analyzers.................................................................................................................. 5-45

5.58. Multiple Dimension Measuring Devices................................................................................................... 5-53

5.59. Electronic Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and/or Devices - Tentative Code .............. 5-63

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Appendices 

A. Fundamental Considerations Associated with the Enforcement of Handbook 44 Codes.................................. A-1

B. Units and Systems of Measurement - Their Origin, Development, and Present Status......................................B-1

C. General Tables of Units of Measurement ...........................................................................................................C-1

D. Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................... D-1

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