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Bureau of Standards designs new device for studying water flow through plumbing fixtures. Washington, D.C., March 13. A new type of rate-of-flow meter for studying the rate of variation of flow of water through plumbing fixtures and for use in investigation presenting similar problems has just been designed and built by the U.S. Bureau of Standards with the cooperation of the Plumbing Fixture Manufacturers Research Associateship. Mr. H.M. Eaton, who is in charge of the hydraulics laboratory where the device is installed, is shown in foreground of picture, 3-13-40
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Bureau of Standards designs new device for studying water flow through plumbing fixtures. Washington, D.C., March 13. A new type of rate-of-flow meter for studying the rate of variation of flow of water through plumbing fixtures and for use in investigation presenting similar problems has just been designed and built by the U.S. Bureau of Standards with the cooperation of the Plumbing Fixture Manufacturers Research Associateship. Mr. H.M. Eaton, who is in charge of the hydraulics laboratory where the device is installed, is shown in foreground of picture, 3-13-40
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Two men working on a machine in a factory, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection
Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection.
Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955.
General information about the Harris & Ewing Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.hec
Temp. note: Batch six.
The Harris & Ewing, Inc. Collection of photographic negatives includes glass and film negatives taken by Harris & Ewing, Inc., which provide excellent coverage of Washington people, events, and architecture, during the period 1905-1945. Harris & Ewing, Inc., gave its collection of negatives to the Library in 1955. The Library retained about 50,000 news photographs and 20,000 studio portraits of notable people. Approximately 28,000 negatives have been processed and are available online. (About 42,000 negatives still need to be indexed.)
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Date
01/01/1940
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see Harris & Ewing Photographs - Rights and Restrictions Information http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/140_harr.html