Title:
The Progress of the Work of the Bureau of Standards in Cement and Concrete
Author(s):
Rudolph J. Wig
Publication:
Journal Proceedings
Volume:
9
Issue:
12
Appears on pages(s):
380-392
Keywords:
none
DOI:
10.14359/16136
Date:
12/1/1913
Abstract:
The National Bureau of Standards was established by Congressin 1901 with broad functions which included not only the development and custody of the standards of weight and length, but the standarization of measuring apparatus, the determination of physical constants, and the determination of the properties of materials for general use in technology and trade. Every industry has its units for determingin both quantity and quality, with particualr methods of measurement requiring its special measuring measuring instruments.