The latest in plows. Washington, D.C., July 14. R.B. Gray, Chief of the Div. of Mechanical Equipment, U.S. Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, tightens a nut on a self-aligning jointer. An invention which helps to do a better job of plowing while reducing the power requirement 10 to 15 percent. The

The latest in cotton planting. Washington, DC, July 15. John Randolph, engineer of the U.S. Bureau of Agriculture Engineering demonstrates a model of a variable depth cotton planter which he invented. The small white dots at which he is pointing mark the wavy line of seed as planted by this new mach

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

Making prints for $3,000,000 map. Grover M. Plew, AAA laboratory worker, making the finished photographic prints which go into the finished map now being put together by the AAA. Approximately one-third of the entire land surface of the United States is being photographed from the air for the map. 7

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

Experts at Bureau of Standards study effect of corrosive soils on specimens of pipe. Washington, D.C., Aug. 8. Of interest to home builders the country over is the study being made by experts at the National Bureau of Standards of the effect of corrosive soils on pipes and protective materials. Samp

Bureau of Standards puts ruge insulator through pressure tests. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. H.L. Whitemore, (left), chief of the Engineering Mechanics section, National Bureau of Standards, and Dr. A.H. Stand, make a final check of the huge 1600 ? pound porcelain insulator before subjecting it to 2

Working of $3,000,000 map. (2) C.E. Kowalozyk, AAA worker, using a planimetor, which measures the exact acreage in each section of land surface photographed, 7/28/37

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