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Excerpt from Revised Tolerances and Specifications: For Commercial Weighing and Measuring Apparatus for State of California These tolerances and specifications are to be construed to apply to the usual types of weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices used in ordinary commercial transactions or usually coming within the jurisdiction of the weights and measures official, but only when a proper classification is herein provided for them. They shall also be construed to apply to apparatus used for special purposes, whenever and in so far as they are clearly applicable, but not otherwise. II. Classification of Specifications. The following specifications on weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices shall be divided into two sets, the first to be retroactive and to apply to all apparatus immediately upon adoption of the specifications, the second to apply only to new apparatus. For the purpose of administration the following classes of apparatus are established. Class 1. Weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices which, after the promulgation of these specifications, are manufactured in the State or brought into the State. Class 2. Weights and measures and weighing and measuring devices which are in the State at the time of promulgation of these specifications, either in use, or in the stock of manufacturers of, or dealers in, such apparatus. All the specifications shall apply to apparatus of class 1. The specifications printed in italics shall not apply to apparatus of class 2, and therefore shall not be retroactive. III. Linear Measures. Specifications. - 1. Measures of length shall be made of a material, the form and dimensions of which remain reasonably permanent under normal conditions - for example, steel, brass, hard wood, etc.: Provided, however, That tapes for commercial purposes may be made of cloth, but only when this is wire-woven, and when by this means an actual and sufficient reinforcement and permanency is obtained. 2. The ends of measures of length made of wood, or of ether non-metallic material liable to wear away through use, shall be protected by some metal not softer than brass, firmly attached to the measure. 3. Rigid measures of length shall be smooth and straight. 4. Folding measures of length shall be so constructed that each section will come to a definite stop when straightened out. 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.