And now a beer meter

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Title

And now a beer meter

Subject

Internal Revenue Agency

Description

And now a beer meter. Washington, D.C., May 1. To aid Uncle Same in collecting the tax on the millions of barrels of beer brewed in this country every year, the National Bureau of Standards has designed a master beer meter for use of the alcohol unit of the Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Treasury. Government inspectors employ this master meter in checking the accuracy of the brewery beer meter to determine the volume of beer brewed. In the photograph the large tank receives the liquid [after passing] thru the meter where it is weighed to get [the] true volume.

Creator

Harris & Ewing

Source

Library of Congress

Publisher

Library of Congress

Date

1930

Rights

No Restrictions Known

Original Format

Photograph

Physical Dimensions

5 x 7 in

Citation

Harris & Ewing, “And now a beer meter,” History of the Prohibition Bureau, accessed May 4, 2024, https://prohibitionbureauhistory.omeka.net/items/show/53.

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