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Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976)
- 1930s – circa
Portrait of George O. Curme, Jr. (1888-1976), popularly known as the father of ethylene and for his pioneering work on applications for by-products of petroleum processing.
Born in Mount Vernon, Iowa on December 24,…
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Synthetic fiber samples from DuPont Experimental Station
- 1937-Oct-28
Two views of synthetic fiber samples produced at the DuPont Experimental Station during the early stages of nylon production and research. The samples are identified, from left, as "Acele," Fiber 66, and Viscose Rayon…
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Fiber W crimping machine and relaxer
- 1937 – 1938
General view of Fiber W crimping machine and relaxer used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. Fiber W was a wool-like version of nylon…
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Detail view of glass spinning cell
- 1937-Mar-25
Detail view of a glass spinning cell used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. In this design, the nylon polymer was melted in the glass…
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Glass spinning cell at DuPont Experimental Station
- 1937-Mar-25
General view of a glass spinning cell used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. In this design, the nylon polymer was melted in the glass…
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250-pound autoclave and casting equipment
- 1937-Nov-08
General view of a 250-pound autoclave and polymer casting equipment used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…
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50-pound autoclave and casting equipment
- 1937-Mar-26
Close-up view of a 50-pound autoclave and polymer casting equipment used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…
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50-pound autoclave and casting equipment
- 1937-Feb-12
General view of a 50-pound autoclave and polymer casting equipment used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a…
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Top of 250-pound autoclave
- 1937-Nov-08
General view of the top of a 250-pound autoclave used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During production, a partially-evaporated nylon…
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Fourth spinning machine and chain traverse windup
- 1937-Nov-05
General view of the fourth spinning machine and chain traverse windup used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. Per the recollections of…
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Third continuous spinning machine with side-flow chimney and diminishing traverse
- 1937-Jun-01
Close-up view of the third continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware, with a view of the side-flow chimney and…
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Second continuous spinning machine
- 1936-Oct-02
Close-up view of the second continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine notably included a swing-arm…
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Second continuous spinning machine
- 1937-Feb-03
General view of the second continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine notably included a swing-arm…
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Third continuous spinning machine
- 1937-May-14
General view of the third continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine became the prototype for the…
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First continuous spinning machine
- 1936-Apr-01
General view of the first continuous spinning machine used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine notably included a high-speed…
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Upper level of nylon 66 salt kettle
- 1937-Mar-26
General view of the upper level of the salt kettle used in the production of nylon 66 during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During the…
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First drawing machine at DuPont Buffalo plant
- 1937-Nov-05
General view of the first drawing machine used at DuPont's Buffalo plant during the early stages of nylon production and research. In this technique, which generally was unsuccessful, undrawn yarn was pre-twisted by the…
- Subject Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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General view of the salt kettle preparation area
- 1937-Mar-26
General view of the salt kettle preparation area used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. During the production of nylon, adipic acid and…
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First drawing machine at DuPont Buffalo plant
- Circa 1936
Overhead view of the first drawing machine used at DuPont's Buffalo plant during the early stages of nylon production and research. In this technique, which generally was unsuccessful, undrawn yarn was pre-twisted by…
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First drawing machine at DuPont Buffalo plant
- Circa 1936
General view of the first drawing machine used at DuPont's Buffalo plant during the early stages of nylon production and research. In this technique, which generally was unsuccessful, undrawn yarn was pre-twisted by the…
- Subject Nylon, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Machinery
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Spinning machine at DuPont Buffalo plant
- 1936
General view of the spinning machine used at DuPont's Buffalo plant during the early stages of nylon production and research. This spinning machine, which was operated by Don Hull and George Lewis, was subsequently…
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Rayon doubler and twister
- 1936-Jul-17
General view of the Whitin Machine Works Rayon doubler and twister used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This machine predated and…
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Improved gas pressure spinner
- 1937-Mar-25
General view of an improved gas pressure spinner used during the early stages of nylon production and research at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. This spinner unit was the first heated by…
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Employee at work in raw material storage at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified worker sorting raw material, possibly ore or phosphate, at a Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory plant. The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory (F.N.R.L.) was established at American…
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Apparatus at Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory
- 1930s
General view of an unidentified apparatus, possibly a pump or compressor, used at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory located in Washington, D.C.
The Fixed Nitrogen Research…
