Report on the Electric Street Railways of Milwaukee, Wisconsin: And Other Public Utility Companies for the City of Milwaukee, with Historical References on Street Railways and Electrolysis, Together with Report on a Report Made by the National Bureau of Standards, November 26, 1918, of Electrolytic Conditions in Milwaukee for Railroad Commission of Wisconsin |
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Page 249 - The custody, maintenance, and development of the national standards of measurement, and the provision of means and methods for making measurements consistent with those standards, including the comparison of standards used in scientific investigations, engineering, manufacturing, commerce, and educational institutions with the standards adopted or recognized by the Government.
Page 251 - States, a reasonable fee covering the necessary expenses shall be charged, according to a schedule prepared, by the Director of the Bureau of Mines and approved by the Secretary of the Interior, who shall prescribe rules and regulations under which such tests and investigations may be made.
Page 300 - LEWIS, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he is the plaintiff in the within action) that he has read the foregoing complaint and knows the contents thereof) that the same is true to his own knowledge, except as to the matters therein stated to be alleged on information and belief, and that as to those matters he believes it to be true.
Page 284 - Government agencies, scientific institutions, and industrial enterprises: (1) the construction of physical standards; (2) the testing, calibration, and certification of standards and standard measuring apparatus; (3) the study and improvement of instruments and methods of measurements; (4) the investigation and testing of railroad track scales, elevator scales, and other scales used in weighing commodities for interstate shipment...
Page 251 - This committee shall visit the bureau at least once a year, and report to the Secretary of Commerce upon the efficiency of its scientific work and the condition of its equipment.
Page 282 - To develop methods of testing and standardizing machines, motors, tools, measuring instruments, and other apparatus and devices used in mechanical, hydraulic, and aeronautic engineering : for the comparative study of types of apparatus and methods of operation, and for the establishment of standards of performance; for the accurate determination of fundamental physical constants involved in the proper execution of this work ; and for the scientific experiments and investigations needed in solving...
Page 281 - For investigation of the standards of practice and methods of measurements of public utilities, such as gas, electric light, electric power, water, telephone, central station heating, and electric railway service, and the solution of the problems which arise in connection with standards in such service...
Page 249 - Hereafter materials for fireproof buildings, other structural materials, and all materials, other than materials for paving and for fuel, purchased for and to be used by the government of the District of Columbia, when necessary in the judgment of the commissioners to be tested, shall be tested by the Bureau of Standards under the same conditions as similar testing is required to be done for the United States Government.
Page 12 - The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows: Part 1.
Page 281 - ... the determination of properties of building materials and structural elements, and encouragement of their standardization and most effective use, including investigation of fire-resisting properties of building materials and conditions under which they may be most efficiently used, and the standardization of types of appliances for fire prevention...