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Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards

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252 THE TIDE OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (1920-30)<br />

word to Vincent B. Phelan's 121-page handbook, Secretary <strong>of</strong> Commerce<br />

Lamont impressed on <strong>the</strong> reader that its data came "from <strong>the</strong> people's own<br />

science laboratory, <strong>the</strong> <strong>National</strong> <strong>Bureau</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Standards</strong>." The accolade<br />

in no way lessened <strong>the</strong> howls that went up from <strong>the</strong> service trades at <strong>the</strong><br />

idea <strong>of</strong> Government encouragement <strong>of</strong> do-it-yourself repairs. But <strong>the</strong> twenty-<br />

cent handbook, which sold over half a million copies between 1931 and<br />

1. Footings.<br />

2. Basement floor.<br />

3. Foundation waIL<br />

4. Buttress.<br />

5. Steps.<br />

6. Plat<strong>for</strong>m.<br />

7. Porch column.<br />

8. Porch cornice.<br />

9. French doors.<br />

10. Frame wall.<br />

11. Eaves cornice.<br />

12. Gable end.<br />

13. Rake cornice.<br />

14. Flnial.<br />

15. Valley.<br />

16. Chimney flashing.<br />

17. Shingle battens.<br />

18. Ridge board.<br />

19. Common rafter.<br />

20. Hip rafter.<br />

21. Purlin.<br />

22. Collar beam.<br />

23. Jack rafter.<br />

24. Chimney cap.<br />

FIGURE 1.—Essen.tial parts <strong>of</strong> a house<br />

25. Chimney.<br />

26. Corner post.<br />

27. Plate.<br />

28. Diagonal sheathing.<br />

29. Sheathing paper.<br />

30. Shingle.<br />

31. Balcony.<br />

32. Veranda.<br />

33. Piers.<br />

34. Water table.<br />

35. Underpinning.<br />

36. Clean-out door.<br />

37. Subfloor.<br />

88. First-floor Joists.<br />

39. FInish floor.<br />

40. Column base.<br />

41. Plaster partition.<br />

42. Column cap.<br />

43. Iron column.<br />

44: Girder.<br />

45. Window sill.<br />

46. Pilaster.<br />

47. Ground course.<br />

48. Brick wall.<br />

49. Sliding door.<br />

50. Wainscoting.<br />

51. Stair somt.<br />

52. Metal lath.<br />

53. Plat<strong>for</strong>m.<br />

54. Newel post.<br />

55. Hearth.<br />

56. Fireplace.<br />

57. Casement window.<br />

58. Rough head.<br />

59. Bridging.<br />

60. Rough sill.<br />

61. Truss over opening.<br />

62. Ceiling joists.<br />

63. Studding.<br />

64. Second-floor jo1sts.<br />

65. Ribbon board.<br />

66. Gutter.<br />

67. Balustrade.<br />

68. Leader head.<br />

69. Dormer window.<br />

70. Handrail.<br />

71. Drain.<br />

72. Lattice.<br />

The first pages <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> publication, "Care and repair <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> house," took <strong>the</strong> owner on<br />

an inspection tour <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> essential parts <strong>of</strong> his dwelling, it was a fine lesson in ter-<br />

minology but an exhausting tour, and <strong>the</strong> potentialities <strong>for</strong> repair were guaranteed<br />

to awe any home owner with <strong>the</strong> he had assumed.

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