Author: National Bureau of Standards

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-29

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9780265936689

Excerpt from Standards Yearbook, 1929 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith for publication the third issue of the Standards Yearbook. In the earlier issues of this publication special attention was paid to the organization and procedure of the numerous standardizing agencies in this country with brief outlines of certain national and international agencies. The present volume contains outlines of the activities and accomplishments of not only the National Bureau of Standards and other agencies of the Federal Government and the States, counties, and municipalities, but also those of technical socie ties and trade associations, with special emphasis on their accomplish ments during the year 1928, their programs for future work, and the methods employed by each organization to encourage or facilitate the use of its standards and specifications. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.