This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ...by resolution and reference would be made a condition attached to the amounts made available for each of the several purposes. Among the conditions it might be well to provide for central review by the bureau of standards and by the bureau of contract supervision of the board of estimate, in so far as specifications are not established. Provision would be made for a catalogue of standard specifications and contract price lists. These would be made up in form to carry with them all the accounting symbols and reference numbers needed both for purposes of analysis of purchases, and for purposes of specification or other use; as, for example, in a catalogue or list of this kind, in alphabetical arrangement, cheese cloth might appear as follows: 00heesecloth (on specifications0: (a0 Bleached--00 00 inches wide, free from sizing or leading material; count, warp 32, filling 0; equal to Griswoldv'le 00o. 0 (20 00 inches wide; weight, 1.3 ounces per square yard; count, warp 30, filling 32; tens'e strength, warp 0.0 kg. 00.3 pounds0, filling 0 kg. 01 pounds0 (30 00 inches wide; weight, 2 ounces per square yard; count, warp 38, filling 30, tens'e strength, warp S kg. 07.0 pounds0, filling 0 kg. 01 pounds0 Discount by the 1,000 yards, 3%; 2k00 yards, 0%, on Item a3 only. (00 72 inches wide; good quality; weight, 1 % ounces per square yard; count, warp 00, filli0g 0; tens'e strength, warp 7.0 kg. 00.0 pounds0, filli0g 0.7 kg. 00.0 pounds0 (b0 0nbleached--00 00edium quality; 00 inches wide; weight, 1.8 ounces per square yard; count, warp 00, filling 0; tens'e strength, warp 0 kg. 00 pounds0, filling 2.3 kg. (0 pounds0 (20 Best quality; 00 inches wide; weight, 1.0 ounces per square yard; count, warp 02, filling 02; tens'e strength, warp 11 kg. (0.2 pounds0, filling 0 kg. ...