Absolutely agree that many things are broken in science, but you do realize that progress can be asynchronous? Otherwise my top 1 problem to fix would be war.
juretriglav, speaking of problems to fix, I've found at least one the
missing books that you're looking for, but unfortunately, it's not a
freely downloadable or online version. I have also found a lot of useful
information, but I'm still sifting and organizing it.
To start off with, the "American Standards Association" otherwise known
by the acronym "ASA" is the old name of the organization now known as
"American National Standards Institute" ("ANSI"). They changed their
name in 1966 (I think), but it's impossible to retroactively change
every occurrence of the name, and some prefer one or the other, so let's
just say standards are seldom standardized.
The "American Society of Mechanical Engineers" ("ASME") is just one of
many organizations that have worked with ANSI/ASA. It was ASME which
originally worked on the standards you mentioned.
The 1936 book you mentioned was tough to find since it does not have a
standard number, and I think this indicates the time before ASA started
creating and using standard numbers.
Title: "Code of Preferred Practice for Graphic Presentation: Time Series Charts"
ASA, Z15.2--1938
"This manual represents a rather comprehensive revision of the material
issued in April, 1936, under the title, 'Code of preferred practice for
graphic presentation--time-series charts'."--Foreword.
The above is, the 1938 version you already have. I'll post the other
info as soon as I get it sorted.
Thanks for the effort, jcr! I know about the evolution/history of ASME, ASA and ANSI, but like you, it hasn’t helped me locate copies.
For the 1979 version, it’s possible to purchase it online through the IHS.com store, https://global.ihs.com/doc_detail.cfm?&item_s_key=00009858&i... and I was really close to purchasing it, but decided instead to give it a few more days, maybe someone has access to it in a library or something.
If we can't find it anywhere in the next week or so, I'll just order it (100 USD with shipping).
