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  Mogul Mixer for sealants and adhesives

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Mogul Experimental Mixer used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Sealants and Adhesives Laboratory. Equipped with "Z" type agitators and a tilting chamber fitted with a removable,…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Adhesives, Sealing compounds, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Goodrich Flexometer

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Goodrich Flexometer used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Dynamic Test Laboratory. The flexometer was used to determine the heat build-up and hysteresis characteristics of rubber specimens…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Quality control, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Molds and vulcanized rubber products

  • Circa 1949

  Set of standard test specimen molds and vulcanized rubber products produced and used in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. This photograph was included in a 1949…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Plastics--Molds, Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
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  Sealants and Adhesives Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Sealants and Adhesives Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station showing assorted samples of viscous materials and equipment used to manufacture and test sealants and adhesives of both rubber…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Adhesives, Laboratories, Sealing compounds, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Oxygen and Air Aging Bomb

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Emerson Oxygen Aging apparatus, with two bombs, housed in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Oven and Accelerated Aging Room. Located inside a shelter within the aging room, this apparatus and…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rubber, Materials science, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Weathering Room

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Weathering Room at the Naval Air Experimental Station. Visible in the photograph is an Atlas Fade-o-meter and several accelerated weathering units used to evaluate the effects of stimulated service…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Quality control, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Electronically controlled constant rate of load tensile machine

  • Circa 1949

  General view of an electronically-controlled constant rate of load tensile machine used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Physical Properties Laboratory. Tensile machines are commonly used to subject materials…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Quality control, Materials science, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Plastometers, resiliometers, and other apparatus from the Naval Air Experimental Station

  • Circa 1949

  Plastometers, resiliometers, and other apparatus used to evaluate rubber and rubber-like materials in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Physical Properties Laboratory. The instruments visible in the photograph are…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rubber, Quality control, Materials science, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
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  Physical Properties Laboratory

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Physical Properties Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station showing assorted equipment used for the evaluation of rubber and rubber-like materials. Machinery and apparatus used in the…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Materials science, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Laboratories, Machinery
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  Latex and Chemical Laboratory

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Latex and Chemical Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. An assortment of laboratory glassware, apparatus, and instruments used for various phases of experimental and developmental work…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Glassware, Laboratories
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  Latex mixers and stirrers

  • Circa 1949

  Assorted latex mixers and stirrers used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Latex and Chemical Laboratory to mechanically froth, foam, and mix latex. The machines depicted in the photograph are identified as follows…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Latex, Machinery
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  Colloid Mill

  • Circa 1949

  Charlotte experimental colloid mill used in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Latex and Chemical Laboratory for the preparation of finely divided dispersions and emulsions. This photograph was included in a 1949…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Colloids, Scientific apparatus and instruments
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  Rubber Ingredient and Weigh-Up Room

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Rubber Ingredient and Weigh-Up Room at the Naval Air Experimental Station. Adjacent to the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory, the room contained cupboards and bins housing over…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scales (Weighing instruments), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
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  Standard test specimen molds

  • Circa 1949

  Set of standard test specimen molds and dies used in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. This photograph was included in a 1949 Naval Air Experimental Station report…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Plastics--Molds, Rubber
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  Portable Pyrometer and accessories

  • Circa 1949

  Portable Pyrometer and accessories used to take accurate temperature measurements of roll surfaces and platens in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. This photograph…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pyrometers
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  Unloading of tensile sheet from mold

  • Circa 1949

  View of a worker removing a tensile sheet from a mold used in the hydraulic press at the Naval Air Experimental Station's Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory. The hydraulic press is a 200-ton capacity…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Employees, Rubber, Hydraulic presses, Vulcanization, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Mooney Viscometer at the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Mooney Viscometer in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. At the laboratory, the viscometer was used to determine the plasticity and scorch rate of…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Scientific apparatus and instruments, Viscosimeter, Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.)
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  Rubber Compounding and Vulcanization tools

  • Circa 1949

  Set of rubber compounding and vulcanization tools and knives used in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. This photograph was included in a 1949 Naval Air Experimental…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rubber, Tools, Vulcanization
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  Closing operation on hydraulic press

  • Circa 1949

  View of a worker closing the hydraulic press in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. This unit is a 200-ton capacity Williams-White Moline machine equipped with three…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Employees, Rubber, Hydraulic presses, Vulcanization, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Hydraulic Press in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the hydraulic press in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. This unit is a 200-ton capacity Williams-White Moline machine equipped with three 24" x 24"…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Rubber, Hydraulic presses, Vulcanization, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Steam Vulcanizer in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory

  • Circa 1949

  General view of the Steam Vulcanizer in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. Also known as an autoclave, the vulcanizer was use to cure, i.e. toughen or harden polymer…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Rubber, Vulcanization, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Extrusion of a half-inch diameter hose on tuber

  • Circa 1949

  View of a worker holding a piece of rubber tubing as it is extruded from the tuber machine in the Naval Air Experimental Station's Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory. This tuber, a variable speed H.P. Royle…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Employees, Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Calender sheeting operation

  • Circa 1949

  View of two engineers, Stanley Bilker (background) and Ralph Harper (foreground), operating the calender sheeting machine at the the Naval Air Experimental Station's Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory. The…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Employees, Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Engineers, Machinery
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  Dumping of mixed stock from Banbury Mixer

  • Circa 1949

  View of a worker dumping mixed rubber stock from the Banbury Mixer at the Naval Air Experimental Station's Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory. At the laboratory, the mixer was used to break down and mix rubber…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery
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  Banbury Mixer in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory

  • Circa 1949

  View of the Banbury Mixer used in the Rubber Compounding and Processing Laboratory at the Naval Air Experimental Station. The mixer is a Farrel-Birmingham Co. size B Banbury Mixer with a 25 H.P. motor and four-speed…

  • Creator Of Work Naval Air Experimental Station, United States. Navy
  • Subject Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Rubber, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Machinery