The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
Caption text on photo: "Plastics extruder in operation at DuPont's new Pigment Sales Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run. The plastics industry is a growing market for both titanium dioxide white pigment and many types of colored pigments. Here...
Plastics extruder in operation at DuPont's new Pigments Sales Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run. The plastics industry is a growing market for both titanium dioxide white pigment and many types of colored pigments. Here pigmented plastics are...
Caption text on photo: "In this laboratory at the Experimental Station of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, near Wilmington, Delaware, experiments are carried out on the molding characteristics of plastic materials. Such experiments are carried...
Caption text on photo: "Laboratory apparatus of various types is used by DuPont researchers in their studies. Here, in a Plastics Department laboratory at the Experimental Station, near Wilmington, Del., a scientist tests a catalyst he created for...
Caption text on photo: "Control board at DuPont's plastics plant near Parkersburg, W. Va. This automatic device allows the operator to keep close control over complicated manufacturing processes and thus make better plastics more efficiently. The...
Caption text on photo: "Out of an inexhaustible source of raw materials – coal, air and water – chemists in recent years have been producing new and vitally important products for modern life. Among these are textiles, dyes, antifreeze...
Caption text on photo: "In this laboratory at the Experimental Station of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, near Wilmington, Delaware, experiments are carried out on the molding characteristics of plastic materials. Such experiments are carried...
Caption text on photo: "Plastics coloration studies at DuPont's new Pigment Sales Service Laboratory, at Chestnut Run, near Wilmington, Del. The panel the technician is working on is called 'drawdown.' Pigmented samples are cured in an oven, then...
Caption text on photo: "New automatic controls for basic research tools permit DuPont operator to run twelve stills at once instead of the customary four or five. This equipment is in the Plastics Department laboratory at DuPont's Experimental...
Caption text on photo: "A corner of the laboratory where chemical tests are made at the Plastics Department's Technical Services Laboratory at Chestnut Run near Wilmington, Delaware. The new DuPont laboratory is now in operation."
Caption text on photo: "A general view of the main floor at the Plastics Department's Technical Services Laboratory. Behind the derrick truck used for transporting rolls of film is a variety of injection molding machines used in processing 'Zytel'...
Caption text on photo: "In this laboratory at the Experimental Station of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, near Wilmington, Delaware, experiments are carried out on the molding characteristics of plastic materials. Such experiments are carried...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Nylon; Parachute industry; Furniture industry;
Table of Contents: Teamwork in plastics; Nylon goes aloft; Tires can take it; Plastics; Guardians of baked goods; How to transform outdated furniture; Ordnance wrapping; What's new.
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Mining; Plastics industry; Nylon;
Table of Contents: The mining industry and DuPont; Story previews; Miners' right-hand man; Housewives vote for Cel-o-seal bands; yes, partners of progress; Longer life for mine timber; Paintbrush bristles, made in U.S.A.; Sand, water, and...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Plastics industry; Nylon; Fertilizers;
Table of Contents: Plastics on parade; Anniversary at Waynesboro; A bear for punishment; Cellophane's new partner; Pattern for success; The comb of your life; Nylon sets the pace; Gloves to fit the task; Rx for hospitals; Postlude to Christmas;...
In this laboratory, the Experimental station near Wilmington, Delaware, experiments are carried out on the molding characteristics of plastic materials. Such experiments are carried out on new types of products to determine whether or not they have...
Entrance to the Plastics Department Technical Service Laboratory at Chestnut Run. Built at a cost of $3 million the lab's 62,000 square feet of floor space I devoted to improving skills in the processing and use of products of the Plastics...
