These smartly designed decorative pieces feature gold filled internal carved sections of DuPont Lucite acrylic resin. Included in the design are lamps, picture and mirror frames, cigarette cases, bookends and several other pieces. Made of rich...
Test pieces being removed from an injection molding machine in the Plastics Department's Technical Services Laboratory. These machines are used in molding sample parts made from Zytel nylon resins, Alathon polyethylene resins and Lucite acrylic...
Test pieces being removed from an injection molding machine in the Polychemicals Sales Service laboratory. These machines are used in molding sample parts made from Zytel nylon resins, Alathon polyethylene resins and Lucite acrylic resins The...
The glass blower is indispensable to the modern research lab. At the Experimental Station located near Wilmington, Delaware a glass blower's shop is maintained where special apparatus necessary for research is fashioned. Some of the pieces...
Hendrick addresses H. G. Osburn, Superintendent of the company. Hendrick refuses to send the tires until he has some to replace them. He encloses pieces of the wheels to show the wear. Hendrick admits that the tires might still be serviceable,...
Written on reverse: "Architect, Percival Goodman--Dean of Arch., Columbia Univ.; Cocktail table--old Chinese bed." William Pahlmann did the interior design for the Steinbach house. He also designed most of the furniture and included pieces from...
In the attic of the Roosevelt Library are these files of Roosevelt's documents and papers. They are part of the National Archives. Waiting to be classified by a staff of ten librarians are 400 tons of manuscripts. There are also 15,000 books,...
Polishing and buffing are the final steps in the production of the bomber noses. Here workmen go over them with cloths and power buffers while in the background, a number of finished pieces can be seen awaiting shipment. These pictures were taken...
Chemical compositions or chemically-made fibers that come in contact with the skin create specialized and challenging problems for the toxicologist. As an example, before nylon was put on the market, it was carefully tested by DuPont's toxicologist...
For hospital use, the Veterans' Administration is using tumblers, dinner plates, bread plates, sauce dishes and cereal bowls molded of DuPont nylon. They are particularly good for psychopathic wards, since it is nearly impossible to break these...
The operator is inspecting the film as it emerges from the drying chamber of the coating machine to catch any defect Film is inspected in both transmitted and reflected light. The coated film is wound up on a mandrel which is in the cabinet in...
This automatic multiform press is used to perform or cold form small parts such as O rings, seals and bearings from Teflon molding powder at the new Polychemicals Sales Service Laboratory. In this operation, O rings are being manufactured for use...
A step in the manufacture of Butacite polyvinyl butyral resin, which is used as the inner layer of laminated safety glass for automobiles. Here Butacite is being cut to widths ordered by the customer to fit his requirements for windshields and...
Butacite' polyvinyl butyral resin is used as inner layer of safety glass. Sheeting manufactured from this resin is of excellent clarity and color and is particularly resistant to the deteriorating influences of prolonged exposure to heat, light and...
This is another view of the manufacture of continuous sheeting of Butacite polyvinyl acetal resin, which is used as interlayer in modern laminated safety glass. As it passes onto a wind up roll, as shown in this picture, its unusual flexibility is...
A Zeiss Pulfrich photometer with a sphere reflectometer attachment, is used for measuring reflection from any surface at various wave lengths of light. The machine is used in the laboratory to test detergency by measuring the brightness of scoured...
A Launderometer, a machine which tests the fastness of dyes in chemicals used in commercial laundries. Pieces of the dyed fabric are place din the jars with the chemicals and some stainless steel balls. The whole battery of jars is then revolved...
Stages of production of titanium metal are illustrated here. Raw material for its is ilmenite (left), a black sand like ore which is also the basic material for titanium dioxide pigments, the whitest white pigment made. First stage of the metal is...
