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.
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.
Fundamental research project in properties of pigments conducted by this physical chemist at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station using a linear accelerator. In the experiment, a high vacuum line is used with a volatile compound in contact...
A physicist in DuPont's Central Research Department measures the magnetic properties of new class of antimonides discovered in a fundamental research program- chromium manganese antimonides, a new material with unique on and off magnetic...
Hand crocheted lace at the right? Not for a moment. It's the same as the loosely woven construction at the left. It was made by the Scranton Lace Company on standard equipment to demonstrate the unusual properties of Fiber E, the DuPont Company's...
Glass container designers of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company's packaging research division at Toledo, OH work with less eyestrain in this new all glass windowless structure where soft, diffused daylight is transmitted through translucent but not...
Detail of engines and crane. Note: Lavino Furnace Co on locomotive. The Lavino Lavino furnace Co. purchased and owned several furnaces and mineral properties in the eastern US.
The Nylon Suite, a new deluxe feature of the Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware is nylon from carpet to lampshades. In addition to such other applications as window curtains, draperies and upholstery, where nylon's varied properties have been...
Filling a need of long standing the hospital supply field, this all nylon surgical hand brushes utilizes the properties of DuPont Nylon in two of its familiar forms-long lasting nylon bristles firmly anchored in a back of tough, sterilized nylon...
These switchette housing, cases for tiny electric switches, were injection molded from FM-1 nylon, they withstand heat and strains in the thing, intricate walls made possible by the unusual properties of nylon.
This roving frame in the staple processing laboratory at DuPont's Kinston, North Carolina plant where Dacron polyester fiber is made, is spinning yarn from this fiber. The roving frame is the third step in spinning staple fiber into yarn and this...
At DuPont Kinston, North Carolina plant where Dacron polyester fiber is made, the company also maintains a complete textile laboratory, part of which is shown here. The purpose of the laboratory is to enable the plant to keep a check on how Dacron...
Lycra spandex yarn, a product of DuPont research, is put through a creeling operation in plant at Waynesboro, Virginia as part of a testing procedure to determine if the yarn will run satisfactorily on the types of equipment used by DuPont...
Lycra spandex fiber, wrapped in cellophane for shipping, is checked by inspectors at DuPont plant in Waynesboro, Virginia where the product is manufactured. This picture was taken as yarn buggies wait to be wheeled to the shipping area where the...
Cellophane being wound in rolls after being coated at the DuPont Company's Tecumseh, Kansas cellophane plant. Through modification of coatings, a wide variety of properties, such as heat sealability and varying degrees of moistureproofness, may be...
A DuPont chemist uses electrochemical measurements to determine the course of an organic chemical reaction. Studies like this are part of a continuing program of fundamental research aimed at finding better polymers which may be used to make...
