The Washington herald., 1922-02-27

MONDAY. FEBRUARY q. Iszz.
-vtsibility Curves Of the Hu-u-
Eye ana Their Applications" WI
pc the subject Of a talk BY X. g.
Gibson and Z. G crfttendsn.- be-
fore the Physics Club OF the Bu-
reau OF Stapdsrds, BureauJ- Of
st.ndsrds. this afternoon. $3.50
Germany is embracing standard.
,Istlon as an important aid In tb.
Industrial reconstroctIon OF IN.
The - German industri., ar.
planning and are carrying our a
iar-reaching Program OF standsrd-
i1Atlon as. a necessary stepo,ks
Duholng up an unprecedented ir-
oustrisl structure which must rest
IN large measure on an extensiy.
foreign trade" says Or. p. a.
new, secretary Of the Americas En-
sineering Standa rds COMMITTEES. .Ir
no other country EXCEPT Grest
Britain. 10 Standardization vork
oeing carried on upon a scale. or
WIN an intensity comparable TO
That In Germany
The German work Is OF spenIai
interest 70 those responsible for m.
management OF American indus
tries. not only because OF ~. inn
portance, but also because OF IN.
similarity in the historical condT-
uons surrounding the nstiansl
characterization movement in Ger
many and in America.
Frlor TO 1917 a vast amount Of
sta ndardization work had been car
ried out IN Germany by individual
companies. and by engineering 80
cieties and industrial associations
but, as was the case in America he
fore the organization OF the Amer
lcan Engineering Standards Com
mittee. the work had not been uni
ned along national lines.
As has been the case with
all the other national standardiz-
ing bodies except the British, white
was organized in 1901. the success
OF the Standardization work car
ried out by the various countries
during the world war as part
OF their national conservation pre-
grams. was a chief cause Of The
formation OF the Central German
BODY. II is called the Normenzus-
schuss der Deutschen lndu,lric
and was organized by the Verein
Deutscherf 1ngenieure. AZ tn. .ur
Gestion OF the German roverrnen,
IN 1917. The present membersbfp
/ consists OF engineering societiss.
industrial associations and govern
ment ministries. and in addition
| their are 700 firms who are con-
tributinE members. The work OF
the Normenausschuss deals only
with those subjects which concern
two or more industries or bra inches
, Of industry. -.-.E
' TT is remarkable that tn. ma
uonal Standardization movement in
Germany should have been SO thor
% ouGhly organized and that SO much
work should have been ACCOMPLISH
ed in four years. One hundred and
forty-four approved sta ndards
sheets have been issued and over
| 500 others have been so fara de-
veloped that they have been pub
lished in tentative form. The
standalos are issued under the gen
SFal designation of German Indus
trial Standards. The Germans u-er.
The first of the national bodies 70
publish standards in loose-lcsf
form. The work is so divided az
to make each sheet as nearly in
dependent as possible. Firms pur-
chase these sheets in quantity.
issuing them directly TO designers.
draughtsmen and foremen for use
as working drawings and dara
sheets. This plan is now followed
by the Austrian. Dutch. Swedish
and Swiss bodies. The sale OF
! sheets amounts TO about 100. OOc
monthly
The stsnds rtiization movement
in Germany is particularly signif-
cant, since Germany is one of tn
three leading industrial countries
The industries of Austria. Holland,
Sweden and Swi zerlsnd, are so in
timately related TO those OF Ger
many on account Of Biographies
and other relationships. that rhey
are necessarily affected very large
ly by Developments in Germany.
TT appears that the work is be-
ing woven very intimately into the
industrial fabric The very large
number Of standards purchased by
the industry, and the fact that the
central organization has 5000 firms
which are. cooperating members.
are sufficient indication OF this.
There seems 10 be a striking
analogy between the present stand
srdization movement in Germany,
and the research movement dt-
Veloped there generation ago
whatever estimate one may place
upon the role il played in German
industries generally, everSons
agrees that research was funds-
mental in the development OF their
great chemical industries. The role
which the Germans arc expectinS
Standardization TO play in all their
industries. would be not unlike the
role which research has played in
their chemical work"
w.D.