And now a beer meter. Washington, D.C., May 1. To aid Uncle Same in collecting the tax on the millions of barrels of beer brewed in this country every year, the National Bureau of Standards has designed a master beer meter for use of the alcohol unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Treasury.

Bureau of Standards designs new device for studying water flow through plumbing fixtures. Washington, D.C., March 13. A new type of rate-of-flow meter for studying the rate of variation of flow of water through plumbing fixtures and for use in investigation presenting similar problems has just been

Device for testing testers. Washington, D.C., May 25. Herbert L. Whittemore, Chief Justice of the Engineering Mechanics Sections, U.S. Bureau of Standards, has been awarded the Edward Longstreth medal for his work in developing this device for testing the machines which in turn test construction mat

Rating gasolines at the Bureau of Standards. Washington, D.C., April 17. F.R. Carter of the U.S. Bureau of Standards is shown adjusting the mixture of gasoline to find out the rating in octane numbers of gasolines. The three carbureter shown in the foreground are each filled with a gasoline tow of w

Bureau of Standards speeds up photomicrography with new apparatus. Washington, D.C., Aug. 18. By means of this new apparatus just designed by the metallurgical divisions of the National Bureau of Standards, it is now possible to make 700 micrographs per working day of the structural effect of corros

Interferometer tests standard gages for automobile manufacturers. Washington, D.C. May 28. I.J. Fullmer of the Bureau of Standards is shown with an interferometer by means of which differences in length are measured in terms of wave-lengths of light to the millionth of an inch. A four-inch square pr

U.S. conducts tests to improve acidity standards. Washington, D.C. June 16. At the National Bureau of Standards, Dr. Walter J. Hamer is making very accurate electrometric measurements on acidity standards. They are useful in the practical control of many processes such as electroplating, purificat

Precise measurements. Washington, D.C. June 17. W.H. Goss, of the National Bureau of Standards, is shown making very precise measurements of the electrical conductance of standard solutions, which are the basis of industrial control of boiled water, steam condensates, beet sugar refining, metal clea

New fathometer used at full speed. Washington, D.C., May 7. Dr. Herbert Grove Dorsey of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey has invented an instrument to secure the precise measurement. The machine sends a sound, pitched so high that it is above audibility, traveling thru the water a known speed, the