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 SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. GH. 214. 1920. 683 For the investigation of the problems involved in the roduction ,,£1P°i°°*g*°°°P'°°“°· of optical glass, including personal services in the District oi)Columbia ` and in the Held, $25,000. _ To investigate textiles, paper, leather, and rubber in order to ,,,Tf,i‘,}§{f,s,g,{’fi,*},Y’*°*°·· develop stan ards of quality and methods of measurement, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the Held, $15,000. For the standardization and design of sugar—testing apparatus; ,,f,;fg"' ”"‘°"°"‘““’ the development of technical speciHcations for the various grades of sugars wit glarticular reference to urgent problems made pressing by war con `tions, especially involving the standardization an manufacture of sugars; for the study of the technical problems incidental to the collection of the revenue on sugar and to determine the fundamental scientiHc constants of sugars and other substances, for the standardization and (production of rare and unusual types of sugars required for the me `cal service of the Government departments, and for other technical and scientiHc pu¥oses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and m the Held, $30,000. _ To provide by cooperation of the Bureau of Standards, the War ,,,§,‘§}{§’§;‘,"}',§’ g§°,?§: De artment, and the Navg Department, for the standardization ¤¤¤>W¤¤¤¤d¤»¤¤¤· and) testing of the standar gauges, screw threads, and standards re uired in manufacturing throughout the United States, and to cahbrate and test such standard ga1§es, screw threads, and standards, including necessary equigment, an personal services in the District of Columbia and in the eld; $40,000. _ For investigating the conditions and methods of use of scales and ,,,‘§g‘$_,;‘f°‘¤h*°€· °‘°· mine cars used for weighing and measuring coal duglby miners, for the purpose of determining wages due, and of con 'tions affecting the accuracy of the weighing or measuring of coal at the mines, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the 5€i·1’$15’g110` · 1 11* iam ll 1; sr ary r M·¤·¤··==*·=·¤ *¤· orme ca researc mcu gao see, oim racice, D _ and standardlirgr metals and sands; casting rolling, forging? and the www etc prplperties of aluminum alloys; prevention of corrosion of metals an alloys; development of metal substitutes, as for platinum; behavior of bearing metals; preparation of metal spec1Hcations; investigation of new metallurgica processes and study of methods of conservation in metallurgica manufacture and products, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the Held, $25,000. For laboratory and Held investigations of suitable methods of high ,,,,,‘§§‘{,’},,,,,§?,}'{j.,‘f‘2,S`$}"°· temperature measurements and control in various industrial processes and to assist in making available directly to the industries the results of the bureau’s investigations m this Held, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the Held, $10,000. A _ For the investigation of the principles of sound and their applica- a.m°§°?°m° mv°°ug°` tion to military and industrial pnrppses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the Held, $5,000. mm _ I de I For technical investi¤·ations_ in cooperation with the industries mmzmvgupuxsip upon fundamental problems involve in industrial development following the war, with a y1ew_to assistin in the rmanent establishment of the new American industries developedwiluring the war, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $5O’0O0'. Ono five work During the Hscal year 1921, the head of any department or inde— ya¤;i:;¤?¤¤q¤im,qrc., endent establishment of the Government having funds available §,,,’§f‘*“"°° """’“°’“' For scientiHc investigations and requiring cooperative work by the Bureau of Standards on scientiHc investigations within the scope of the functions of that Bureau and which it IS unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations, may, with the a proval of the Secretary of Commerce, transfer to the Bureau of Standards such SUIDS mwx 0, m ds t as may be necessary to carry on such investigations. The Secretary credit trauma? °