Machinist - The standard way 1915 Ceramic Tree Decoration

Colourized photo from 1915 Original Title: Bureau of Standards, Instrument shop Location: Gaithersburg, Maryland This is The Bureau of Standards workshop, From 1901 to 1988, after that they renamed it to The National Institute of Standards and Technology. They were in charge of Metrology. Metrology is the science of measurement and includes all theoretical and practical aspects of measurement. In order to compete against other countries, we have to have a quality product. In order to get that we need a standard on all materials that creates guidelines for safety and knowing we have the same material as everyone else. For example, they will creates standards for metal alloys, so all our coins will be the same. They have labs that tested all kinds of things. Granite posts, leather, meat, and so on, all were tested. This machine shop was responsible in making all their strange testing machines.