Typed caption: "PHOTO NO. I. Taken in the Salles de Fetes in the Nancy City Hall. Standing, left to right: Cooley, Cummings, Turner, Dougherty, Walker, Mendenhall, Snyder, Lank. Sitting, left to right: R. W. Kirkbride, Foreign Study Director;...
Text from image: "Everybody wants more money -- but those who get it are those who study and learn their own job and the job next higher up as well. What Job Are You Preparing For Now?"
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...
Scientific team that made the study of Guadalupe River for DuPont brought a station wagon full of analytical equipment. Five men, working under Dr. Ruth Patrick, spent 10 days in Texas, completed their study later in Philadelphia laboratory.
At the Experimental Station, DuPont carries out fundamental research as a vital part of its scientific activities. This type of research is conducted to uncover new knowledge without regard to specific commercial objectives. Here in a fundamental...
A report of a study conducted by Dr. Ernest Dichter, of the Institute for Motivational Research, Inc. on the reasons people buy, or do not buy bedding plants. The study sponsored by Geo. J. Ball, Inc.; Pan-American Seed Co., and Jiffy-Pot Company...
Partial abstract: "The practical purpose of this study was to determine and evaluate the climate surrounding cigars and cigar purchases that presently obtains in the United States. Further, our intention was to evaluate the competitive position of...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Firearms; Gardening; Textile industry; Nylon;
Table of Contents: Why they study strange organic solids; The changing world of pumps; by the rocket sled's flare; A filter man's filter; From gas range to satelloon; gun-land's most adaptable family; How does your garden grow; Chemical claw with...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Dams; Explosives; Assistance; Textile industry; Underwear; Earthquakes; Mobile homes; Linen industry; Chimney sweeping;
Table of Contents: Enlarging the world's eighth wonder; The legacy of hope; Study in gentle persuasion; Rolling with the earthquake's punch; Mobile homes: where are they headed; Growing demand for linen supply; The electronic chimney sweep; What's...
Table of Contents: Make every day easy with Teflon; Quick study; Putting new teeth into gear design; Precursor to greatness; Security left and right; Safety pays; Painting a masterpiece; Let the sun shine in; Weeds aren't at home on the range; News...
Table of Contents: Speaking of bridges; Shooting for recovery; A photographic study of DuPont MX patterns; Another iron horse with wings; Over the cameraman's shoulder; Let's eat more bread; New seals for new bottles; More light on gun-sighting; To...
Letter from William du Pont to his father informing him of a flare up in his eye troubles and explaining his doctor's orders to either live somewhere in the country or travel abroad. Meanwhile, William's attempt to find someone to tutor him after...
A typical group of Reading anthracite miners waiting to go on duty at the Alaska Colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company near Mount Caramel PA. Most of them are of the second and third generation of miners in PAs anthracite...
Some idea of how the kickers toe feels to a football is gained in this unique high-speed photograph by Professor Harold E. Edgerton of MIT. Professor Edgerton pioneered in the application of high speed electronic flash photography to the study of...
Modern research takes time, manpower and money. Tools take a large share of the investment. The Semi-works unit shown here illustrates the complex, costly equipment needed in a modern industrial research laboratory. This reactor was a vital tool in...
