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 1396 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 144. MA RCH 1, 1933 . Government departments ; and for other technical and scientific purposes, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $6 9,130. Gages, screwthreads etc . Gag e stan dardiz ation : To provi de by cooper ation of the Bureau . Cooperative stand- of Standards, the War Department, and the Navy Department for ardization. the standardization and testing of the standard gages, screw threads, and standards required in manufacturing throughout the United States, and to calibrate and test such standard gages, screw threads, and standards, including necessary equipment and personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $37,000. Testing large scales, Tes ting rail road-trac k, mine, and other scales : Fo r inv est ig ati on etc. and testing of railroad-track scales, elevator scales, and oth er scales used in weighing commoditi es for in terstate shipment s and to secure equipment and assi stance fo r testing the scal es used b y the Gov ern- ment in its transactions with the public, such as post-office, navy- yard, a nd cus tomhou se sca les, a nd for the pu rpose of coo perati ng with the States in securing uniformity in the weights and measures laws and in the methods of inspection ; for investigating the condi- Mine scales and cars. tions and methods of use of scales and mine cars used for weighing and measuring coal dug by miners 2 for the purpose of determining wages due, and of condition s affecti ng the ac curacy of the weig hing or measuring of coal at the mines, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $50,000. mas;ueme s rat"r0 High-temperature investigations : For laboratory and field investi- gations of su itable metho ds of high-t emperat ure me asurem ents a nd control in various industrial processes and to assist in making avail- able directly to the industries the results of the bureau's investiga- tions in this fiel d, includ ing perso nal servi ces in th e Distric t of Columbia and in the field, $7,000 . Me tal lur gic al re- Metallurgical research : For metallurgical research, including alloy search . steels, foundry practice, and standards for metals and sands ; casting, rolling, forging, and the p roperties of alumi num alloy s ; p re v e n t io n of corrosion of metals and alloys ; development of metal substitutes, as for platinum ; behavior of bearing metals ; preparation of metal specifications ; investigation of new metallurgical processes and study of methods of conservation in metallurgical manufacture and prod- uc ts ; invest igation o f materia ls used i n the co nstructio n of rail s, wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, and the cause of their failure, includi ng personal serv ices in the Dist rict of Columbia and in the fiel d, $45, 990. Sound investigation. Sound investigation : For the investigation of the principles of sound a nd the ir app licati on to milita ry and indust rial p urpose s, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $7,900. Cooperative research. Industrial research : For technical investigations in cooperation at incesti „ gation. with the industries upon fundamental problems involved in indus- trial dev elopment, with a v iew to as sisting i n the per manent es tab- lishment of new Am erican in dustries, includin g persona l service s in the Distr ict of Co lumbia an d elsewhe re, $120, 000. ard ization of coup i stand- Standardization of equipment : To enable the Bureau of Stand- devices, industrial devices, etc. ards to cooperate with Government departments, engineers, and manufacturers in the establishment of standards, methods of testing, and inspe ction of instrumen ts, equip ment, too ls, and e lectrical and mechanical devices used in the industries and by the Government, including the practical specifications for quality and performance of such devi ces, and the formu lation of methods of inspec tion, lab ora- tory, and service tests, including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the field, $152,500.