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...
Unpublished version of similar image originally published in Better Living Magazine, November 1951 for an article titled "Why we eat better." The image shows a family of four with their approximated annual food consumption.
Now operating at Argonne National Laboratory. Beams of heavy ions are invaluable tools for probing atomic nuclei. The LINAC will be used to boost heavy ions from our existing tandem Van De Graaff Accelerator to provide ion beams of excellent...
Army Ordnances two stage Bumper rocket zooms skyward from the long range Proving Ground at Cocoa FL on the first leg of its flight. When the basic vehicle, a V-2, reaches the end of it s first burning period, a smaller Wac Corporal missile will be...
Elmont, Long Island-Rose Moline is pictured in the act of saving a penny by purchasing a package of cigarettes just over the New York City boundary line. Hundreds of New York City storekeepers took advantage of the new city tax on cigarettes which...
Of interest to farmers planting corn is the new Cub 172 planter with corn hopper and fertilizer attachment (shown drilling corn). A similar planter is available for planting cotton and other row crops in the South.
Two new forms of nylon plastic are shown here. The large coil of stripping and the hank of smaller cross section filaments are the results of experimental production at DuPont's Arlington, New Jersey plant. These forms of nylon are strong, durable...
A woman riveter in a Consolidated Vultee aircraft plant receives a supply of once cold aluminum alloy rivets, wrapped in cellophane envelopes, similar to those developed by DuPont for frozen foods. The film keeps the rivets cold two or three times...
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...
Resurfacing material is made by mixing neoprene latex with a special kind of water setting cement and an aggregate of finely crushed stone. Man with brush is applying a prime coat of neoprene latex to secure a tight bond to the old concrete....
The unique magnetic properties of a new compound are demonstrated in this simple experiment. The compound was discovered by DuPont scientists in a fundamental research project on magnetism. A burner flame, at the left, raises the temperature of the...
A graphic demonstration of the high temperature strength of TD nickel, DuPont's new alloy of 98% nickel and 2% thorium. The TD nickel bar reaches red heat, but does not fail at 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit under a load of 6,000 pounds per square inch....
A graphic demonstration of the high temperature strength of TD nickel, DuPont's new alloy of 98% nickel and 2% thorium. The TD nickel bar reaches red heat, but does not fail at 2,100 degrees Fahrenheit under a load of 6,000 pounds per square inch....
Developed especially for the purpose and backed by continuous mill experience since 1941, the DuPont Sodium Hydride Descaling Process is essentially a chemically activated fused caustic soda cleaning bath. Advantages over conventional pickling and...
The black object in the plastic bag held above in an outstretched gloved hand is plutonium, which emerges from the final production process at Savannah River in metal form. Plutonium, an element not found on earth, is created in Savannah River...
Within the last few years, the chemist has developed a new kind of soap. Starting with ordinary vegetable and animal oils, the chemist now makes fatty alcohols which, in combination with sulfuric acid and other chemicals gives a new class of...
In 1880, the first charge of nitroglycerine was produced at the Repauno dynamite pant in a building similar in architecture and construction to the one above-as waste acid building. This structure was still in operation until 1954 when the company...
Written on back: "Lukens 1955 annual report. A gleaming water tower made of Lukens stainless-clad steel plates is an attractive landmark for a large corporation's multi-million dollar technical center near Detroit. The tower, which is ellipsoid in...
Located on Old Kennett Road outside Wilmington, the mansion was built in 1933 for Amy du Pont, a noted horsewoman, and designed to be similar to George Washington's Virginia home, 'Mount Vernon.' The architect was Mrs. Mary Craig and the builder...
Located on Old Kennett Road outside Wilmington, the mansion was built in 1933 for Amy du Pont, a noted horsewoman, and designed to be similar to George Washington's Virginia home, 'Mount Vernon.' The architect was Mrs. Mary Craig and the builder...
