Download or read book Inspection and Control of Weights and Measures in the United States written by George W. Hervey and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Inspection and Control of Weights and Measures in the United States: Prepared With the Assistance of Work Projects Administration Official Project No. 701-3-40 In addition to the information acquired through the survey, this report contains a discussion of the historical background of the sub jcet of weights and measures, and a brief review of relevant details of an inquiry into chain-store marketing and distribution, begun in 1928 by the Federal Trade Commission. A tabular summary of Federal laws and regulations pertaining to weights and measures, and a selected, annotated bibliography are also included. 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.