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...
Laser assisted machining is one of several advanced techniques being explored at the General Electric Research and Development Center in Schenectady, N.Y. to improve productivity and lower costs in the metalworking industry. In their experiments,...
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...
Dr. Paul W. Morgan of DuPont's Textile Fibers Pioneering Research Laboratory demonstrates the making of nylon, instantaneously, at room temperature, without any apparatus other than a drinking glass, a small jar or beaker. Practical commercial...
Laboratory apparatus of various types is used by DuPont researchers in their studies. Here, in a Plastics Department laboratory at the Experimental Station, a scientist tests a catalyst he created for inducing reactions to produce high polymers,...
This picture shows silicon and what researchers expect it to do. The pure element, in the form manufactured by DuPont, is below the ruler. Before it can be used it must be melted down to a solid mass, as at lower left and traces of other elements...
Experimental tunnel at DuPont Company's plant at Pompton Lakes, New Jersey is used by Eastern Laboratory technicians to duplicate conditions in underground mines. Tunnel is drilled 100 feet into face of a stone cliff. It enables researchers to...
Collection guide for Raymond Loewy Collection AV materials. The collection housed at the Hagley Library Pictorial Collections Department consists of photographs, slides, and audiotapes. These materials were
separate photo files that were...
Typed caption: "Night view of the DuPont Electrochemicals Department plant near Memphis, Tennessee. Plant produces sodium cyanide, potassium cyanide and hydrogen peroxide, essential in the manufacture of a variety of products. Shown in photograph...
Typed caption: "Dr. Paul W. Morgan of DuPont's Textile Fibers Pioneering Research Laboratory demonstrates the making of nylon, instantaneously, at room temperature, without any apparatus other than a drinking glass, a small jar or beaker. Dr....
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...
