Keywords: StructuralTesting 010.jpg The maximum weight which a brick wall would hold up is being determined in this image using the largest of NBS' testing machines the capacity of which was ten million poinds Other types of construction such as concrete plywood metal and different varieties of brick were included in the program on strnegth of materials for house construction National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology PD-USGov-NIST PD-USGov National Bureau of Standards National Institute of Standards and Technology Structural engineering Materials test Compression testing |