. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . balancea predetermined weight on the sealing beam. If it does not, it is then necessaryto grind again the pivots until the weightsbalance. As each lever is sealed in theshop with weights to accurately transmitits proportion of the load, the levers, ifproperly coupled together and supportedwill, in unison, accurately transmit theweight of the entire load and the scalegive correct Weights. In this way lossof revenue from use and wear is reducedto a minimum. Prevention of Losses While the work of the WeighingBureau is constantly confronted withproblems of
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . balancea predetermined weight on the sealing beam. If it does not, it is then necessaryto grind again the pivots until the weightsbalance. As each lever is sealed in theshop with weights to accurately transmitits proportion of the load, the levers, ifproperly coupled together and supportedwill, in unison, accurately transmit theweight of the entire load and the scalegive correct Weights. In this way lossof revenue from use and wear is reducedto a minimum. Prevention of Losses While the work of the WeighingBureau is constantly confronted withproblems of engineering, traffic, account-ing and operation, and while engineeringhas been covered in some detail, theother phases, with which a thousanddetails are connected, have hardly beenhinted at, yet, as previously stated, ithas been the constant aim of the Weigh-ing Bureau to prevent loss from erro-neous weights rather than to correct errorsafter they have been discovered; andevery investigation and suggestion hasbeen directed to that 15 —COMPLETE MOTOR TRUCK SCALEAND SCALE HOUSE THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 41
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