Hand crocheted lace at the right? Not for a moment. It's the same as the loosely woven construction at the left. It was made by the Scranton Lace Company on standard equipment to demonstrate the unusual properties of Fiber E, the DuPont Company's...
The Wawa, Inc. Public Relations files consists primarily of financial and operations records,
advertising materials, Wawa product packaging, company newsletters, and press clippings.
Although these files do not provide a detailed picture of...
This test for determining the amount of tetraethyl lead in gasoline is only one of many tests run regularly by DuPont as part of its research to solve fuel and lubricant problems at the Petroleum Laboratory, Deepwater Point, New Jersey. Results of...
Typed caption: The tallest structure in the Baltimore area is a 410 foot stack, towering over Bethlehem Steel Corporation's new $160 million 'A' coke oven battery at the Sparrows Point, Maryland plant. The new battery of ovens, which will product...
Nordel is a new type of synthetic rubber resistant to sunlight, weathering and ozone determination. DuPont is producing it in a recently completed plant at Beaumont, Texas. The new rubber, a product of the company's pioneering research program, is...
This photograph demonstrates the exceedingly fine particle size of Ludox colloidal silica, a new product of the DuPont Company. This picture was taken with an electron microscope. The magnification is 25,000 diameters. This high magnification was...
This photograph illustrates the wide variety of training and skill necessary to carry out research efficiently on the large scale on which it is conducted at DuPont's Experimental Station. Many specialists, in addition to research chemists,...
The chemical building at the DuPont Company's plant for manufacturing Mylar polyester film at Florence, South Carolina operates 24 hours a day to product the polymer from which the film is made.
Ludox colloidal silica, a product of DuPont research, is rapidly being adopted by the carpet industry as a soil retardant. It is easily applied at the mill by a multiple spray method, as shown here. Tiny, smooth particles of the Ludox fill up the...
Zerex' anti-rust anti-freeze of the premium type is made by the DuPont Company at Belle, West Virginia. 'Zerex' is a product of DuPont research and the company also pioneered sealed, tamper-proof cans for protection of anti-freeze buyers.
Small scale plants called 'semi-works' like this one at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station are vital tools in scaling new processes from test tube to full plant size. The semi-works is a standard step in research to prove out laboratory...
Manufacturing operations at DuPont's Victoria, Texas plant take place in outdoor buildings such as these. The plant makes adiponitrile from butadiene, a petroleum product. The plant's entire output is shipped to the company's big Sabine River...
Each of these 1100 bobbins represents a different item in the nylon product line made by the DuPont Company. Each differs in denier, size, twist, brightness, number of filaments or in some other factor. DuPont makes these infinite varieties to...
Taking a sample of dope-the material from which the film base is made- from large stainless steel mixing tank. Dope is the product resulting from mixing the cellulose acetate and suitable solvents, This sample will be sent to the laboratory to...
Storage hoppers containing nylon flake about to be transformed into yarn at the DuPont spinning pants in Seaford, Delaware. Insures adequate mixing and a uniform product.
Storage hoppers containing nylon flake about to be transformed into yarn at the DuPont spinning pants in Seaford, Delaware. Insures adequate mixing and a uniform product.
Easy way to assure that your dry fly will float realistically on the water to attract the big ones is to use this handy aerosol product. Its fine spray imparts a long lasting, water resistant coating to the lure.
A stream of solid dust free DFF Solozone sodium peroxide pouring from the furnace in which sodium monoxide has been converted to sodium peroxide by treatment with oxygen, Sodium peroxide is another product made from sodium a the Niagara Falls plant...
