Excerpt from A Handbook for the Use of Sealers of Weights and MeasuresWe present herewith the fourth edition of the Sealers Handbook, which supersedes all previous editions, in the hope that it will prove of benefit to those interested in the accurate inspecting and testing of weights and measures.All unnecessary details have been omitted and explana tions made as clearly and simply as possible in order that this book may stimulate the effort to have all weighing and measuring devices properly inspected and tested..During the past few years public attention has been directed to the importance of securing full and just quan tity as well as quality of all goods purchased and through the earnest efforts of the National Bureau of Standards and the members of the National Conference on Weights and Measures, legislation has been introduced in further ance of this end.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.