Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
Reichard, a Captain in Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery, asks Lammot du Pont's help in getting his unit transferred out of Fort Delaware, which he calls a "horrid Post!" Reichard also mentions a visit with Henry du Pont.
Citizens are preparing for any eventuality. If you could have seen the citizen soldiers drill on Governors Island with their wooden rifles you would be convinced that the men are getting ready. Most of them are pretty near prepared now. Some of...
Hendrick advances his belief that the burner is the problem in not getting up enough steam. Hendrick has made several minor changes all of which improve the vehicle, and believes Hunt should allow him to return the vehicle especially since it is...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Agriculture; Firearms;
Table of Contents: The payoff; Cool profits for manufacturers; United Nations, N.Y.; Neoprene takes the floor; Silos to smokestacks; White sheep, white sheep; Squeezing out waste; Getting the brush off; They raise more roses; Investment in safety;...
Table of Contents: Pampering the powerful pods; Getting a line on heat secrets; Suiting up the rangers; Gold mining at homestake; Fabrics with a flair for fashion; The long journey of the air spring; Cocoons for the moon men; Parts pressed while...
Table of Contents: Safer tracks for thoroughbreds; Busy, and getting busier; Innovation in the olive groves; The carge of the light tackle brigade; The rockets' million dollar glare; A versatile web for varied assignments; they have your number;...
Table of Contents: Guarding black gold; How to cover a wall without getting all hung up; In keeping with tradition; Teamwork for fashion; The roof is the proof of the building; I worked at the weaver's trade; Flight of the gossamer albatross;...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Automobile industry; Appliances; Stoves; Plastics industry; Newspapers; Balloons (Aircraft); Beer; Agriculture; Air travel;
Table of Contents: A splash hit for Ford; Magic chef cooks up a new range; Because the future has arrived; With confidence and dignity; Star performer; And sail along the silver sky; Getting a-head with bass, by Jove; New dimensions in clinical...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite; Plastics industry; Paint industry;
Table of Contents: The job of getting explosives to the job; When farm and factory team up; Upshot of a tunnel shot; Duco joins the army; Curtains that dry quickly; Bright colors for tank cars; Fabrikoid for Zuppke's men; Advantages of pellet...
Table of Contents: Competition; Five-foot shelf; Drainage systems should be properly maintained; The oil industry uses its own by-product to protect pipe; Closet boxes a new vogue; Getting facts from flights; They're in the army now; With Byrd in...
School discipline; Boarding schools; Correspondence;
Letter from William du Pont to his father regarding disciplinary action at the Lake Mohegan School for getting caught going out of bounds. In the letter, he apologizes to his father and awaits his father's decision about remaining at the school.
Designed for a sustained cruising speed of 100 miles per hour, the new rear engine Torpedo has the rakish lines of a fast plane combined with light weight and safety features developed in champions that wont 14 out of 16 events at the Indianapolis...
Toy trains that run smoothly at Christmas sometimes need repairs later on. Here little Donald Lyons of San Francisco, CA is shown getting expert advice from Billy Jones, Southern Pacific locomotive engineer.
Chicago-A pro integration picket is punched by a woman with opposing views outside Mount Greenwood elementary school Jan 31st. The woman belonged to a group protesting the admission of seven Negro children to the all white school. The opposing...
Letter addressed to Peter Bauduy. McCall informs du Pont of the terms of their previous saltpeter purchase, mentions a possible deal for sugar, and the difficulty of getting financial instruments discounted.
