Visitors on nature walk at Hagley Museum and Library. Stefan de la Veaux led plant walk, Jon Williams led bird walk, and Geoff Halfpenny led wildlife walk.
Visitors on nature walk at Hagley Museum and Library. Stefan de la Veaux led plant walk, Jon Williams led bird walk, and Geoff Halfpenny led wildlife walk.
Visitors on nature walk at Hagley Museum and Library. Stefan de la Veaux led plant walk, Jon Williams led bird walk, and Geoff Halfpenny led wildlife walk.
Kelly's first tilting converter, contemporary with the Bessemer converter. The dual independent inventions led to years of law suits and squabbles until a settlement was reached
Blast furnaces - 18th Century; Stone furnaces; Open top furnaces; Hand fed furnaces; Cold blast mains
1759 Restoration in progress, Waterwheel restored and in operation. Air pipe from the blowing tubs is seen leading to the single tuyere in the lower portion of the archway. The small arched opening near the top of the furnace was where the...
The Carothers Research Laboratory at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station near Wilmington, Delaware. One of the Textile Fibers Departments four research laboratories in this area, it is here where work is done on nylon and Dacron polyester...
Nylon Intermediates Plants: Beaumont, Texas; Belle, West Virginia; Niagara Falls, New York; Sabine River Works, Orange, Texas
Caprolactam, an intermediate chemical for type 6 nylon fiber and plastics, is being manufactured in this new plant at Beaumont, Texas. The DuPont Company's first caprolactam plant is the results of a longer term research effort by its Explosives...
Studying effects of chemicals on laboratory animals
Wary rat peeks from tunnel type cage as drop of flood is take from tail. Tests like this at the Haskell Lab led DuPont to drop a new herbicide for use near foods.
Dr. William H. Cloud uses a torque magnetometer in studying the magnetic properties of single crystals. The crystal sample is inserted in a holder which is rotated between the pole caps of the electromagnet. Such studies help determine the ease or...
This section of DuPont's Experimental Station on the Brandywine suggests the atmosphere of a college campus. Research, which has been conducted at the Station since 1903, has led to the development of many new and improved products, including nylon...
Early buildings of the Experimental Station, which borders historic Brandywine Creek, near the site of the original powder mills built by the founder of the company more than 150 years ago. Research conducted at the Station has led to the...
Photograph of plaque honoring the late Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, unveiled at the dedication of The Carothers Research Laboratory on September 17, 1946. The laboratory is situated at the DuPont Experimental Station, near Wilmington, Delaware,...
Jane Carothers, nine year old daughter of the late Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, unveils the plaque honoring her father at the dedication of The Carothers Research Laboratory on September 17, 1946. B.M. May, general manger of the Rayon Department,...
Lammot DuPont, chairman of the board of E.I DuPont Nemours & Company, greets Jane Carothers, nine year old daughter of the late Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, at the dedication of The Carothers Research Laboratory, Wilmington, Delaware on September...
Collection guide; Consumer products; Industrial products and design; Manufacturing and related sectors
A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International...
Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International...
Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International...
Text from back of image: "Led by the city of Detroit, six balloons tonight were floating northeast over Lake Erie after being cheered by 200,000 as they took off from Cleveland Airport late today in the nineteenth Gordon Bennett International...
