British Standard

Japanese: British Standard(英語表記)BritishStandard
British Standard

…This resulted in extremely high manufacturing costs, which became a major issue in the general press, and in January 1901, at a general meeting of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, it was decided to set standards for steel sections. This developed into the current British Standard. In the United States, based on the experience of the Civil War, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, founded in 1881, decided to set standards for screw threads at its first general meeting. …

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Japanese:

…このため,製造コストが非常に高いものとなり,一般新聞紙上で大きな問題として取り上げられ,これに関連して1901年1月の土木学会の総会席上で,形鋼の規格を定めることが決まった。これが,現在のイギリス規格British Standardへと発展した。またアメリカでは,南北戦争の経験に基づいて,1881年創立のアメリカ機械学会の第1回総会で〈ねじ山〉の規格を決めることを議決している。…

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