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that performance can be predicted from laboratory tests. 



A report of the analysis of each fabric is sent to the owner who 

 keeps a record of the amount of wear the garment receives, number 

 of times it is cleaned, where it first shows signs of wear, etc. 



When no longer considered wearable by its owner, the garment 

 is sent to the laboratory for examination and comparison of the re- 

 sults of actual wear with the predictions made for it on laboratory 

 tests. To date 17 garments have been sent to the laboratory. 



The amount of $1.43 has been paid in 1940 for the pieces of ma- 

 terial used for testing purposes. 



(Purnell Fund) 



