Simulating actual plant conditions in metal degreasing. This picture of DuPont's new Electrochemicals Sales Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run shown metal castings running through a bank of infrared lamps where dirt and lubricant are baked in to...
While it would be possible to fly the Lockheed Constellation across the country non-stop in less than 9 hours, in actual scheduled service-allowing for one stop-it coud carry this group from Los Angeles to New York in less than 10 hours. This...
For photographing the human voice and reproducing it, not as a picture but as the actual sound of the voice itself, a new device known as the Pallo-Photo-Phone has been perfected by Charles A. Hoxie of the General Electric Company. It is regarded...
DuPont discusses the first gunpowder shipment to Grinnell, Minturn and Company and possible discrepancies between the number of barrels listed on the bill of lading and the actual number shipped.
Andrew Carnegie's Pittsburgh Steel Works, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The artist exagerated the size of the converters by a factor of 4 to 5 times the actual size.
This aircraft spool molded of FM-1 nylon is enlarged to seven times its actual size. Despite its tiny dimension, it possesses usual strength and flexibility. Note the minute opening.
Operator is examining the cellophane packaged meats in this refrigerated display case. By using standard supermarket display cases, actual store conditions can be reproduced or approximated in the DuPont Film Department's sales development and...
Operator is examining the cellophane packaged meats in this refrigerated display case. By using standard supermarket display cases, actual store conditions can be reproduced or approximated in the DuPont Film Department's sales development and...
At the DuPont Company's Experimental Station near Wilmington, Delaware a Film Department chemist exposes a new experimental film to extreme conditions of temperature and ultraviolet radiation. The study is part of the company's fundamental research...
A modern printing press in the DuPont Film Department's sales development and technical service laboratory at Chestnut Run near Wilmington, Delaware permits investigation of problems in the high speed printing of Mylar polyester film, cellophane...
This newly completed 30 million pound plant at Beaumont, Texas was built by DuPont solely for the manufacture of a sulfur vulcanizable ethylene propylene rubber. Its capacity can be extended when demand justifies it. Because of the need for close...
Color analyzer which breaks a color into its spectral components by passing it through a series of prisms. This makes possible an actual physical measurement of color values and permits comparison with a standard, it has been found by DuPont.
A scene showing the application of ceramic colors on beverage bottles by the screen or stencil process. DuPont's Electrochemicals Department plant at Perth Amboy, New Jersey tests its ceramic colors by actual use on small scale industrial equipment.
Crystalline aggregates of silicon look somewhat like short rough jack straws. The DuPont Company manufactures silicon as a pure element in this form. In this photo, as indicated by the short ruler, the 'spikes' appear about twice their actual size.
Crystalline aggregates of silicon look somewhat like short rough jack straws. The DuPont Company manufactures silicon as a pure element in this form. In this photo, as indicated by the short ruler, the 'spikes' appear about twice their actual size.
Gleaming white storage tanks mark the end of the manufacturing cycle for Freon fluorinated hydrocarbon compounds at DuPont's multimillion dollar Antioch California plant. Actual manufacture takes place in the open framework structure towering above...
In an effort to find out more about motor fuels, lubricant and engine performance, a test car is driven for miles on an instrumented treadmill under simulated road conditions at DuPont's Petroleum Laboratory. The treadmill can be tilted to any...
This photograph shows the loading operations prior to initial startup of the HWCTR. The operation of a special tool for removing fuel housing tubes is being observed. Actual loading and unloading of fuel are accomplished by the refueling machine in...
At DuPont's Experimental Station a Film Department chemist exposes a new experimental film to extreme conditions of temperature and ultraviolet radiation. The study is part of the company's fundamental research program in which 400 technically...
