1302 srxrrsrxrrr conennss. sees. III. os. 124. 1921. including personal services in the District of Columbia and in the . Held, $15,000. _ _ _ s£€m°°1gi°sspr°d°° For the investigation of the problems involved rn the production of optical glass, including personal services in the District o Columbia _ and in the Held, $25,000. _ a;$€.i}iiZs.’p°p°t’°t°" To investi ate textiles, paper, leather, and rubber 111 order _ to develop standards of quality and methods_of measurement, rncludmg S r s,mdmm_ personal services in the District of Columbia and in the Held, $15,000. umliga For the standardization and design of sugar-testing apparatus; the development of technical speciHcations for the various grades_ of sugars, with particular reference to urgent problems made pressmg by conditions following the war, especiallg rnvolving the standardization and 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 medical service of the Government departments; and for other technical and scientiHc pur oses, including personal services in the District of Columbia and G as and mw ru the Held, $30,000. inreifrii. _ To provide by cooyigration of the Bureau of Standards, the War er((iii(§ii¤riri1¢iii:.,i>ifnd` Department, and the avy Department, for the standardization and testing of the standard gauges, screw threads, and standards required in manufacturing throughout the United States, and to calibrate and test such standard gauges, screw threads, and standards, including necessaitg ezingment, and personal services in the District of Columbia Cm] H, m andin e el ,$40,000. atmine: ’ ’ For investigating the conditions and methods of use of scales and mine cars used for weighing and measuring coal dug by miners, for the purpose of determining wages due, and of conditions affecting the accuragy of the we1gh1ng)or measuring of coal at the mines, including Met_umg,c_l W person services in the istrict of Co umbia and in the Held, $15,000. searches, em. For metallurgical research, including alloy steels, foundry practice, and standards or metals and sands; casting, rolling, forging, and the properties of aluminum alloys; prevention of corrosion of metals and alloys; development of metal substitutes, as for platinum; behavior of bearing metals; npreparation of metal specifications; investigation Railway equip of new metallurgic processes and study of methods of conservation mem. in metallurgical manufacture and products; investigation of materials used in the construction of rails, wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, and the cause of their failure; including personal services High mupmtm in the District of Columbia and in the Held, $40,000. measirreraeazsme. For laboratory and Held investigations of suitable methods of high temperature measurements and control in various industrial recesses and to assist m making available directly to the industries thie results of the bureau's investigations in this Held, including personal services A _ mvwdgw in the District of Columbia and in the Held, $10,000. arms. For_the investigationof the principles of sound and their application to. military and industrial pigoses, including personal services in the Industrial develop District of Columbia and in e Held, $5,000. mearmvesasszams. For technical investigations in cooperation with the industries upon fundamental problems involved industrial development following the war, with a_ v1ew_to assrsting m the permanent establishment o the new American industries, including personal services in the Cm me wm District of Columbia and elsewhere, $50,000. wm.,li$°§r¤am¤,ac., During the Hscal year 1922 the head of any department or- inde- §°"““° ‘“'°“‘*"°’ pendent §tabhsl1ment_of the dGovernment having funds available or scrent c investigations an umng` cooperative work the Bureau of Standards on SCi8D$lfZl(l·E`l1V&tig8iil0DS within the scboype of the funptiom of that bureau and which it is unable to perform within the limits of its appropriations may, with the approval of the Secretary
