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BULLETIN 1009, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



will vary widely. However, the best estimate possible was made to 

 determine this point, after which the measurements on 50 bottles 

 were averaged. The aim, determined by the manufacturer of the 

 bottles, was the height to which he usually fills to make his tests as 

 to capacity. A recapitulation of the data, showing the average 

 capacity of the bottles measured and the capacity from the base of the 

 shoulder to the top and from the aim to the top, with their relations 

 to the calculated maximum variations, is given in Table 8. 



Table 8. 



-Average shoulder to top capacity and head space (bottles with cylin- 

 drical necks and conical necks). 



Size. 



Reference 





No. 



Fl.oz. 





1 



1006-0 





1006-1 



2 



1004-M 





1004-1 





1004-2 



3 



1002-B 





1002-S 





1010-1 





1010-2 



4 



1001 





1008 





1004 



S 



1001 





1002 





1004 





1014 



10-12 



1004 



16 



1004 





1004 



64 



1005 



4 



1006-1 





1006-2 



8 



1005 





1015-A 





1015-B 



12 



1005 



24 



1000-K 





1000-P 



Type. 



Number 

 measured, 



Calcu- 

 lated 

 maxi- 

 mum de- 

 viation. 



Volume 

 (shoulder 

 to top). 



Calcu- 

 lated 

 maxi- 

 mum 

 (shoulder 

 to top). 



Volume 



(aim to 



top). 



Calcu- 

 lated 

 maxi- 

 mum 

 (aim to 

 top). 



CYLINDRICAL NECKS. 



Shoo-fly flask 



....do.. •. 



Average 



Round packer 



....do 



....do 



Average 



Oval prescription 



....do 



....do 



....do 



Round square 



Oval prescription 



do 



Average 



Oval prescription 



Blake 



Oval prescription 



do 



Average 



Oval prescription 



Average 



Oval prescription 



do 



Average. 



Round packer 



Average 



Grand average of 

 individual ob- 

 servations. 



Fl. oz. 



""'o.'io' 



Fl.oz. 



0.39 



.35 



.45 

 .37 

 .61 

 .60 

 .71 

 .55 

 1.42 



Ratio. 

 0.3 

 .3 



.3 

 .4 

 .4 

 .4 

 .4 

 .5 

 .6 

 .4 

 .4 

 .3 

 .4 

 .2 

 .4 



Fl.oz. 



0.09 



.08 



1.19 

 1.05 

 1.38 

 1.52 



1.57 



.39 

 "i."6i 



2.86 

 2.51 



.2 



.71 



.3 



.44 



.2 



.36 



.2 



.65 



'?, 





.2 



.24 



?, 





.1 



.36 



.2 



.27 



?, 





.1 



4.39 



1 





30 





CONICAL NECK. 



Shoo-fly flask 



do 



Average 



Soda 



Catsup 



Grapeiuice 



Average 



Beer 



Brandy 



do. 



Average 



Grand average of 

 individual ob- 

 servations 



1.30 

 1.35 



1.87 

 2.68 

 3.03 



3.15 



6.68 

 6.86 



1.1 



1.2 



1.2 



1.1 



1.6 



1.7 



1.5 



.7 



.8 



1.1 



1.3 



.6 



1.5 



.4 



.9 



.4 



.7 



.8 



.4 



.6 



1.2 



1.2 



1.1 



1.4 



1.3 



.3 



.3 



.97 



1.2 

 1.0 

 1.1 

 .4 

 1.5 

 .5 

 .8 

 .4 

 .5 

 .6 

 .6 



The calculated maximum variations average nearly 0.3 of the avail- 

 able space from the base of the shoulder to the top in cylindrical-neck 

 bottles and nearly 0.3 in conical-neck bottles ; that is, the bottler has 

 about three times enough room in his filling range to adjust his 



