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Technical Information on Building Materials for Use in the Design of Low-Cost Housing – 51. Shingles: Mineral-Surfaced Asphalt

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Report Acceptance Date: September 1937 (5 pages)

Posted Date: June 01, 2020



This historic digest is part of a series published by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Bureau of Standards on the technical characteristics of building materials used in the construction of affordable housing units. Each digest presents condensed, essential facts regarding its given topic, and is intended for use by staff at federal agencies, manufacturers, trade associations, and builders. This publication presents a summary of the 1937 NBS research paper “Accelerated Weathering Tests of Mineral-Surfaced Asphalt Shingles” by H.R. Snoke and B.E. Gallup.


This report is part of the collection of scanned historical documents available to the public.

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