A single thread of Cordura rayon sailcloth, as used in the quadrilateral jib of America's 1937 cup defender Ranger, is unwound into the 390 filaments of which it is made. The microscope, magnifying them twenty five times, presents an unusual...
Lamp end of the absorption system of the ultra violet photometer shows a mercury lamp with glass envelope removed. Radiation from the lamp is rendered roughly parallel by condensing lenses of quartz and the light is reflected down the absorption...
Operator in a war industry plant inserts a ring of rayon packing into the stuffing box around the shaft of a water pump. The next step is to draw the gland of the stuffing box up finger tight.
Aerial view of the Yerkes plant at Buffalo, New York where viscose rayon yarn and staple, cellophane, cellulose sponges and cellulose bands are manufactured by E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company.
The DuPont site at Old Hickory, Tennessee reflects the complexity of the many new products now being made on this location replacing rayon and cellophane which were once manufactured here. The aerial view show the new plants for Corfam poromeric...
View of the pioneering research laboratory of the DuPont Company's Rayon Department, where initial investigations are conducted on manmade textile fibers. The laboratory is part of the $30 million expansion of DuPont�s Experimental Station which...
Aging cans where treated pulp used in the manufacture of viscose process rayon is held for a definite period after it is shredded, an early step in the process at plants of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company.
Aging cans where treated pulp used in the manufacture of viscose process rayon is held for a definite period after it is shredded, an early step in the process at plants of E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company.
An electric eye enables this ultraviolet photometer, at left, developed by scientist of DuPont's Rayon Technical Division and Electrochemicals Department, to see shadows of invisible vapors and gases in plant atmosphere. Here intake hose of...
Beauty of acetate is emphasized by its luxurious feel and graceful draping quality. Made in wide variety of fabrics, the acetate textiles in this photograph include tricots, taffeta, facone and satin.
Scene from the DuPont education motion picture: A New World Through Chemistry. Everything shown is from the chemical laboratory- rayon negligee, upholstery, drapery, curtains, rug and lampshades; Lucite plastic furniture; Lucite and nylon toilet...
Scene from the DuPont education motion picture: A New World Through Chemistry. Everything shown is from the chemical laboratory- rayon negligee, upholstery, drapery, curtains, rug and lampshades; Lucite plastic furniture; Lucite and nylon toilet...
Scene from the DuPont education motion picture: A New World Through Chemistry. Everything shown is from the chemical laboratory- rayon negligee, upholstery, drapery, curtains, rug and lampshades; Lucite plastic furniture; Lucite and nylon toilet...
Scene from the DuPont education motion picture: A New World Through Chemistry. Everything shown is from the chemical laboratory- rayon negligee, upholstery, drapery, curtains, rug and lampshades; Lucite plastic furniture; Lucite and nylon toilet...
Scene from the DuPont education motion picture: A New World Through Chemistry. Showing nylon lace dress, Lucite costume jewelry, rayon drapery and Carver shade.
The before and after of what take place with Fiber E when treated with a dilute solution of caustic soda. In the rug construction above-which can be produced by knitting or weaving-the long, loose loops at the left show the DuPont Company's newest...
A bias cross section of Cordura rayon sailcloth as used in the quadrilateral jib of Americas 1937 cup defender, Ranger, magnified sixty times y the microscope.
Equipment for blending cellulose acetate, an important step in the manufacture of Acele acetate rayon at the Waynesboro, Virginia plant of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company
