Richfield Reaper | 1915-11-11 | Page 6 | Federal Bureau of Standards is a Wonderland

federal bureau of standards Is a won wonderland derland 1 1 y cir w lib u SAM BAM has created fand a wonder wonderland into which you may be ushered and ere observe a grain of sand assume the proportions of 0 a mountain an expand into a mile an unappreciable zephyr attain the velocity city of a ung kling gale the footfall of 0 a tiny fly inder forth like the tread of a draft k arse abne tile the heat of ofa a candle expand in ato to that of a roaring furnace the cheer and comfort of a cozy home fire tinia nate vom the unperceived warmth of a distant star and the gentle pressure of a finger develop into the force of 0 lightf might gian giants tzi 1 wonderland is the united states baasi ban i of standards and tors tora to the pama pacina exposition have had bad the fiance bance to see there many of its marvels mar veli ot course all the instruments and appliances of the bureau could not be taken to san francisco tor for exhibition purposes L for instance jib it was not practically allo atla to take the huge testing machines I 1 used w tear apart the stringer steel girders employed in building bridges and or it necessary by the same machine to crush an egg ana in gach instance record accurately tho foot pounds or fractions of ounces of re stance istance remarkable Remar lable beyond degree are the heat measuring instruments which apter aste infinitesimal it fluctuations of temperature A ray ot of light may have aen ago from some distant star ana anat may have spent all of jema JEM h 1 the earth and yet when the ray of light falls upon i om han illen operated by the bureau of standards these will tell yeat neat that ray from the aw brought with it to x i r