U.S. testing liveliness of baseballs. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Experiments to test the liveliness of American, National and International League baseballs began at the National Bureau of Standards today. Edward B. Eynon, (left) Secretary of the Washington Baseball Club, and Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Chi
4 x 5 in. or smaller
- Date
- 1938-02-21
- Collection
- Harris & Ewing
- Archive
- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 9,902 × 7,959 pixels
Public domainsafest
Reason: Harris & Ewing collection, given to the Library of Congress without copyright restrictions.
Read from: Commons licence category: PD-Harris-Ewing; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page; permission field: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Inf.
Credit line
"U.S. testing liveliness of baseballs. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Experiments to test the liveliness of American, National and International League baseballs began at the National Bureau of Standards today. Edward B. Eynon, (left) Secretary of the Washington Baseball Club, and Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Chi" (1938-02-21). Harris & Ewing. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._testing_liveliness_of_baseballs._Washington,_D.C.,_Feb._21._Experiments_to_test_the_liveliness_of_American,_National_and_International_League_baseballs_began_at_the_National_Bureau_of_LCCN2016873069.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 298609.
More like this
Bureau of Standards designs mechanical batter to determine liveliness of baseballs. Washington, D.C., Feb. 21. Using a newly designed apparatus, the U.S. Bureau of Standards today began experiments to determine the relative home-run qualities of American, National and International baseballs. In con
1938-02-21 · Library of Congress
Baseballs undergo outdoor tryout. Washington, D.C., Mar. 7. The government's test for velocity of the American and National League baseballs went out in the open air today, having learned all about the traits of the pellets within the laboratory. The Bureau of Standards transported it's paraphernali
1938-03-07 · Library of Congress
Government experts discover "perpetual" electrical current. Washington, D.C., March 10. Dr. F.B. Silsbee (left) and Dr. F.G. Brickwedge, of the Bureau of Standards, have just concluded experiments which have proved that an electric current, cut off from its original source, will flow eternally round
1938 · Library of Congress
Test electric light bulbs for Uncle Sam. Washington, D.C., March 21. Purchasing on an average of 4,000,000 electric light bulbs annually, Uncle Sam is probably one of the largest users of light in the country. The National Bureau of Standards sees that the government gets value received in purchases
1938 · Library of Congress
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
1937 · Library of Congress
Dr. Kline and Dr. Briggs at Bureau of Standards, Dr. Julius Kline and Dr. Briggs at the Bureau of Standards file
1936 · Library of Congress
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
1937 · Library of Congress
Testing airplanes lenses used in map making. Washington, D.C., May 6. Dr. F.E. Washer of the U.S. Bureau of Standards testing the lens for the airplane cameras that are used by the Army and Navy. There are lights in the rear of the columnmeters and exposures are made on the photographic plate in fro
1937 · Library of Congress