Bombers for the British are rolling off the production lines of the Lockheed Aircraft factory, Burbank in steadily increasing numbers, as is evidenced by this line up of famous Lockheed Hudsons, on which mechanics are making final adjustments for...
The 100% motorized modern army depends upon motor vehicles for supplies, transportation and movement of gun units and war materials. Photo shows some of the vehicles of the 26th infantry being refueled during maneuvers at Pine Camp, New York....
Shown here are two huge ore unloading machine which will serve the new coal and ore dock at Toledo to be formally opened on June 2 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and the New York Central Railroad. Each of these machines is capable of unloading...
We haven't figured out yet whether the Smith family and the Jones family have come to blows over the right of way or whether they have merely stopped to compare notes on their respective horseless buggies. At any rate, the sight of two such...
A 15 cu. yard dipper used on one of the big dipper dredges at Panama. A platform has been suspended half way down this dipper and thirty-four men have been grouped on this platform. This gives you an idea of the immense size of these dippers. We...
A stacker-reclaimer places incoming coal on a stockpile at the rate of 1500 tons an hour. Later, when the coal is needed, the bucket wheel reclaimer will pick it up again. The machine moves on rails the length of the 1200 foot stockpile.
There are 887 armor piercing 20 mm cannon shells visible in this picture, hardly more than one third the completely load for the three pods (under Navy A4 jet) of the HIPEG gun system developed by Hughes Tool Company's Aircraft Division, Culver...
Table, pull type and radial circular saws similar to those used for cutting wood or metal are suitable for cutting Lucite methyl methacrylate resin. Blades with from 5 to 8 teeth per inch and no set give good results when running at a rate of about...
The first commercial production of titanium metal resulted, in large part, from DuPont research. The metal has excellent corrosion resistance and strength-weight ratio. The world's first small scale commercial production of the ductile titanium...
Titanium metal is ductile and readily workable, as illustrated by these sample sheets, tubes and bars which were fabricated from DuPont metal on normal steel working equipment. Titanium has excellent strength-weight ratio and outstanding corrosion...
Fatigue studies are run in DuPont's all weather room under controlled conditions of temperature and humidity. While subject 'walks' on a treadmill, her blood pressure and pulse rate are recorded in an adjoining room.
Special bicycle with electrically 'loaded' wheel helps staff members at DuPont's Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Medicine study effects of fatigue on employees. Blood pressure and pulse rate of rider are carried by wires to...
Total cost to build plant was $1,300,000,000 and involved more than 8,100 companies of which 5,745 were small firms. More than 138,000 purchase orders costing more $500,000,000 were placed. More than 87,000 orders totaling about $245,000,000 went...
This facility at the Savannah River Plant produces heavy water for use in the Savannah River reactors. The heavy water produced here also is shipped to domestic and foreign users by the Atomic Energy Commission on sale or lease basis. The plant...
This facility at the Savannah River Plant produces heavy water for use in the Savannah River reactors. The heavy water produced here also is shipped to domestic and foreign users by the Atomic Energy Commission on sale or lease basis. The plant...
This facility at the Savannah River Plant produces heavy water for use in the Savannah River reactors. The heavy water produced here also is shipped to domestic and foreign users by the Atomic Energy Commission on sale or lease basis. The plant...
