Excerpt from Report of the 57th National Conference on Weight and Measures, 1972: Sponsored by the National Bureau of Standards, Attended by Officials From the Various States, Counties, and Cities, and Representatives From U. S. Government, Industry, and Consumer Organizations, Washington, D. C., July 10-14, 1972 Speaking to the National Conference is easy in one way: I can eliminate the introduction to my speech because I don't have to impress you with the importance Of measurement. In another respect, though, it is always difficult to talk to people who are in the same field as you are. You had better tell them something new or risk boring them half to death. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.