This sulfuric acid production unit at the Cleveland Works of the DuPont Companys Industrial and Biochemicals Department is a striking example of the high investment per employee required in the modern chemical industry. Completed in 1949 at a cost...
This polyvinyl alcohol unit at the Niagara Falls plant of DuPont's Electrochemicals Department is characteristic of the costly and complicated equipment used by the chemical industry. DuPont has an average investment of $26,900 per employee in...
Billions of pounds of common table salt are converted annually into chemicals used by industry and in the home. This mountain of salt is typical reserve supply at t a DuPont plant where electricity separates salt into sodium and chlorine as the...
Synthetic detergent, left, produces billowy suds in hard water, while soap, right, forms insoluble curds. DuPont introduced the synthetics in America in 1933. Now the Organic Chemicals Department produces a number of synthetic detergents and other...
The process by which musk is formed in the body of the musk deer is recapitulated in the making of synthetic musk by the chemist. It is probably that natural musk is formed in the animal by transformation of fats or oils. Here, treated castor oil...
Shown at his laboratory bench is a member of the staff of the Eastern Laboratory of the DuPont Company's Explosives Department at Gibbstown, New Jersey. Established in 1902, this was the first of DuPonts research laboratories and is believed to...
Operator in a war industry plant inserts a ring of rayon packing into the stuffing box around the shaft of a water pump. The next step is to draw the gland of the stuffing box up finger tight.
High tenacity rayon yarn, a specific DuPont development which was made available to the entire industry without charge as a contribution to the national security in WWII was introduced in 1936 under the trademark Cordura. The yarn was brought...
Square braided packing, made from DuPont continuous filament rayon tow is serving war industry in water pumps, accumulators of hydraulic presses, punches etc. and is doing a good job. It replaces packing made of imported long line flax. Here some...
Handbook intended to aid salespeople and shop owners in the hosiery industry with information on how nylon is made as well as guides for fitting and selling nylons.
Handbook intended to aid salespeople and shop owners in the hosiery industry with information on how nylon is made as well as guides for fitting and selling nylons. Original booklet is missing pages 7 and 8.
Nylon; Textiles; Upholstery; Jersey Central Railroad
Press release detailing the installation of nylon upholstery in Jersey Central commuter trains and the benefits this type of upholstery offers in the transportation industry.
Collection guide for the Life Communicators Association records. The association was organized in 1933 in
order to provide a forum for the industry's public relations
professionals to exchange ideas and information. Records
include executive...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for John B. Lovis Research Notes on Bethlehem Steel Corporation. John B. Lovis (born 1935), spent his career with the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. He first worked in the Blast Furnace Department at Sparrows Point, Md. In 1963 he...
A guide for the records of the Inter-Society Color Council that are arranged in ten series representing a wide array of individuals and organizations and their contributions to the development of standardized systems for identifying and evaluating...
Collection guide for the William du Pont Family Papers. The William du Pont family papers, 450 linear feet, consist of correspondence, financial records and printed materials, which document the personal and business activities of the father and...
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
Collection guide for the papers of Samuel G. Wright documenting his activities as a New Jersey gentleman farmer, a Philadelphia merchant, an ironmaster,
and a member of the New Jersey Legislature, as well as his private investments in land. It is...
The papers of Frederick W. Wood constitute a major source on the history of the American steel industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The papers are primarily official records of the various companies with which Wood was...
on front of card: "Greetings From California. The Box of Oranges I Promised You From California." on back of card: "California's famous orange industry produced forty-six million boxes of this golden fruit last year. The large Navel organge...
