Text from back of image: "Five months unrelenting search through the mountains of California and Arizona for Col. Francis Marshall and Lieut. Charles Webber, ended when their wrecked airplane and the bodies of the two men were found in densely...
Text from back of image: "Five months unrelenting search through the mountains of California and Arizona for Col. Francis Marshall and Lieut. Charles Webber, ended when their wrecked airplane and the bodies of the two men were found in densely...
Henry relaying to his son news about Aunt Lina, a snowstorm and the Delaware Regiments. The Delaware Cavalry battalion had left for Drummond town, but left one Company in Wilmington in search of deserters. There was a parade of the 5th Del....
Table of Contents: Cronar grows up; Housing a new drill in nylon; Foams for the reefers; why they insulate with Titanate; Testing ten thousand tires; 2-in-1: a prime poly for produce; Traveling with a tape recorder; Fabrics cover 50 years; Taking...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Deserts; Plastics industry; Textile industry; Floor coverings; Nylon; Fashion industry; School children; Golf;
Table of Contents: The world's search for water; The Renaissance in Chicago; Defense against drenching; Rooms around the nation; Acid test for a conveyor belt; New plastic film with a plus; Meet the next generation; Carving a niche for the big...
Table of Contents: A game competitor; Handled with care; New perspectives on the old brown box; Penetrating search for perfection; A nice reflection on Dallas; Making an impact on computers; From the front of the house to the back; Tall orders for...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Zoo animals; Veterinary medicine; Agriculture; Bridges; Postal service; Envelopes; Plastics industry;
Table of Contents: A clear choice for animals; In search of quarks and higgs; New life for old iron; To make it safe; The envelope, please; Reduing annual report anxiety; Repairing a Taiwan landmark; Locking in performance; Hip, hip, hooray; The...
Table of Contents: From the roundhouse to your house; A prescription for patches; It was a very good year; Today's search for tomorrow's meals; Hog heaven; An object lesson; Fits to a tea; Raising the roof; High-flying wire; News in brief.
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Washington sends a letter of recommendation to Alexander Spotswood of Kentucky for E. I. du Pont de Nemours or Peter Bauduy during their trip to Virginia and Kentucky in search of domestic saltpeter sources. Washington notes that du Pont is a...
Lammot report on his search for a Baltimore agent for DuPont. Mentions include: Robert A. Taylor & Company, William Taylor, MacDonald & Ridgely, Talbot Jones, Bradford & Cooch.
Lammot reports on W.F. McLean and his search for a location for a powder magazine. He believes that mining operations will sustain demand for DuPont blasting powder.
Burr sends a letter of introduction recommending E. I. du Pont de Nemours to Dr. Samuel Brown of Lexington, KY. E. I. du Pont de Nemours is in search of saltpeter sources in Kentucky.
Correspondence regarding Smith's perusal of Philadelphia galleries in search of a painting for Sophie DuPont to purchase. Mentioned are the painters Edmund D Lewis, Devaux, and F. Aufray.
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...
A compacted billet of TD Nickel, DuPont's new high temperature alloy, is hoisted into a hydrogen sintering furnace at the company's Metals Center in Baltimore. The billet is heated to 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, which raises the density of the new...
Hendrick addresses W. H. Sanders, General Freight Agent, requesting help to find his automobile. Hendrick recounts the search for the vehicle, shipped incorrectly by the Boston Automobile Company.
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for Sperry Gyroscope Company records. Company was formed in 1910 by Elmer
Sperry to develop and manufacture his marine
gyrostabilizer, gyrocompass, and high-intensity search light. During the two World Wars, Sperry was one of the...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors; Research and invention
Collection guide for Elmer Ambrose Sperry papers (1860-1930). Sperry invented the ship gyrostabilizer, gyrocompass, marine gyropilot, high-intensity search light, and aerial torpedo, and founded the Sperry Gyroscope Company. This collection...
Text from back of image: "Six army planes left San Francisco on Saturday to aid in the search for Clare A. Vance (above), U.S. airmail pilot, missing since Friday. Nothing has been heard from Vance since he left San Francisco for Reno, Nev. Airmail...
Text from back of image: "Top photograph shows the Montana 'cowboy' pilot beside the plane at Harbor Grace, N.F., shortly before the take-off. Lower view shows the actual start of the tragic flight in which Diteman hoped to reach Europe. Search for...
