A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
A cellulose sponge can absorb up to twenty times its weight in water and is compressible to 10% of its original size. The 28 ounce sponge block this operator is holding can absorb 17 1/2 quarts of water in about 90 seconds. DuPont makes cellulose...
Dye Works-Chambers Works, Deepwater Point, New Jersey
Modern American dye industry was born in this handful of buildings at Deepwater, New Jersey on July 17, 1917 when DuPont processed its first successful charge of sulfur black. Acute shortage of dyes during World War I precipitated the company's...
