This report was prepared by Charles W. Rodman, Lynn Faulkner, and Donald Skaggs of Battelle-Columbus
Laboratories, dated November 4, 1977. For publication it was edited by Frank Y. Speight and Hallock C.
Campbell to AWS style, and the final version of AWS F6.1-78, Method for Sound Level Measurement of
Manual Arc Welding and Cutting Processes, has been substituted for the draft version supplied to Battelle.
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