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NIST Handbook 44 - 2004 Edition

Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements
for Weighing and Measuring Devices

as adopted by the 88th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2003

Table of Contents
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Cover  
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Title Page  
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Foreword
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Committee Members
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Outline of Contents
2003 Amendments
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Introduction
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Section 1
 
 
1.10
 General Code
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Section 2
 
 
2.20
 Scales
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2.21
 Belt-Conveyor Scale Systems
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2.22
 Automatic Bulk Weighing Systems
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2.23
 Weights
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2.24
 Automatic Weighing Systems - Tentative Code
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Section 3
  
  
3.30
 Liquid-Measuring Devices
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3.31
 Vehicle-Tank Meters
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3.32
 Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Anhydrous Ammonia Liquid-Measuring Devices
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3.33
 Hydrocarbon Gas Vapor-Measuring Devices
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3.34

Cryogenic Liquid-Measuring Devices
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3.35
 Milk Meters
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3.36
 Water Meters
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3.37
 Mass Flow Meters
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3.38
 Carbon Dioxide Liquid-Measuring Devices
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Section 4
 
 
4.40
 Vehicle Tanks Used as Measures
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4.41
 Liquid Measures
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4.42
 Farm Milk Tanks
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4.43
 Measure-Containers
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4.44
 Graduates
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4.45
 Dry Measures
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4.46
 Berry Baskets and Boxes
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Section 5
 
 
5.50
 Fabric-Measuring Devices
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5.51
 Wire- and Corage-Measuring Devices
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5.52
 Linear Measure
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5.53
 Odometers
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5.54
 Taximeters
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5.55
 Timing Devices
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5.56.(a)
 Grain Moisture Meters
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5.56.(b)
 Grain Moisture Meters
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5.57
Near-Infrared Grain Analyzers
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5.58
 Multiple Dimension Measuring Devices - Tentative Code
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Appendices
 
 
A
 Fundamental Considerations
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B
 Units and Systems of Measurement
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C
 General Tables of Units of Measurement
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D
 Definitiions
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Summary of HB-44 Requirements Becoming Effective in 2004
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Previous Handbook 44 Editions

Edition: Resulting from: Link
2000 84th National Conference on Weights and Measures 1999
  
2001 85th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2000
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2002 86th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2001
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2003 87th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2002
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Date created: December 11, 2003
Last updated: March 3, 2004

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