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Geometrical Illustrations of Newlands' and Mendelejeff's Periodic Law of the Atomic Weights of the Chemical Elements
- 1889
A reprint of an article that was first published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, series III, volume I.
- Author Haughton, Samuel
- Subject Periodic law, Chemical elements, Atomic weights
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Neoprene Merchandiser
- 1954 (Summer)
A brochure issued quarterly to a variety of manufacturing industries to highlight consumer products made with neoprene such as household gloves, auto fan belts, hunting boots, and garden hose covers. The back cover…
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Toxaphene Kills Grasshoppers: The Camera Shows it's as Simple as A.B.C.
- 1949
Pamphlet in the form of a children's alphabet book depicts the stages of death inflicted upon a grasshopper with the use of Toxaphene pesticides produced by Hercules Powder Company.
Originally trademarked by the…
- Author Hercules Powder Company
- Subject Toxaphene, Grasshoppers, Pesticides
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12 items
Du Pont Chemicals for Brush and Weed Control Operations Manual
- 1951
With the cover advertising being "For railroads, telephone and power companies, pipe line operators, highway departments, drainage districts, oil companies, factory and warehouse superindentents and other operators,"…
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Quality products for the growing low- calorie market with Du Pont Cylan calcium cyclamate a non-nutritive sweetener
- 1946
Currently banned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration due to potential health concerns, this pamphlet outlines how Cyclan, or calcium cyclamate, can be used as an artificial sweetener in place of sugar as a…
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Low Cost Weed and Grass Control with Du Pont "Telvar" W Weed Killer
- 1944
This pamphlet reviews how the use of "Telvar" W weed killer can be an effective pesticide for weed and grass control. Depicts various industrial landscapes where "Telvar" W has been sprayed including pipelines, lumber…
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Controlling Lawn Weeds with Herbicides
- Home and garden bulletin no. 79
- 1963-Sep (Slightly revised September 1963)
Bulletin published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture with information furnished by the Crops Research Division, Agricultural Research Service. Contents include tips on buying herbicides, treating infestations, and…
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The Plastic Fabric with the Spotless Reputation
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Division, with an emphasis on Saran. The advertisement features an illustration of two teenagers eating and drinking around an armchair covered in Saran…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Teenagers, Corporations, Advertising, Plastics industry and trade
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Dow Magnesium is Turning Seventy-Five. And the Revolutions Continue.
- Circa 1991
Print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division highlighting the development of AE42X1, a new high-temperature magnesium alloy for use in automotive engineering.
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium alloys, Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry
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Thank You for Helping Us Celebrate 75 Years of Making Headlines
- Circa 1992
Print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement features reproductions of newspaper clippings chronicling various milestones in the company's production of magnesium over the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry
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How to Do Everyday Jobs Better and Easier with Plastics Housewares
- 1957
Color print advertisement for Styron, the trade name for Styrenic plastics historically manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for a variety of consumer applications, including packaging and food service,…
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America's Pioneer Producer of Magnesium Reports to the American People
- 1942
Two-page advertisement for Dowmetal detailing the Dow Chemical Company's efforts to scale up magnesium production to meet increased demand from military defense activities. Produced during World War II, the…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, World War (1939-1945), Corporations, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry
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Big Family, No Maid, Tight Budget!
- (So They Use SARAN WRAP and Plenty of It!)
- 1957
Color print advertisement for Saran Wrap, a product of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement profiles the Read family of Ridgewood, New Jersey and features photographic reproductions of various cookies and party…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Teenagers, Women in advertising, Advertising, Children, Plastics industry and trade, Corporations
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"I See What You Mean...Let's Buy These Light Ones"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946-Apr-20
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement depicts a man and woman discussing the purchase of binoculars made from Dowmetal, a product marketed for its lightness and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, Women in advertising, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium alloys
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"These Are the Ones to Order--the Light Ones!"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946-Feb-23
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement depicts two men discussing the purchase of tools made from Dowmetal, a product marketed for its lightness and durability…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Magnesium, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Magnesium industry and trade, Chemical industry
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How Plastic Fabrics Cover a Lot of Problems
- Circa 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Division, with an emphasis on Saran. The advertisement features an illustration of a mother and son standing over an armchair covered in Saran plastic,…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Parent and child, Plastics industry and trade
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The Cities Men Build
- Advertisement for Dow Ferric Chloride
- 1940
Color print advertisement for Dow Ferric Chloride, a conditioning agent used to extract organic matter from water. The advertisement features illustrated depictions of various historic civilizations and details the use…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Refuse and refuse disposal, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Sanitation, Ferric chloride, Sanitary engineering
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Making Acid Behave
- 1939-Aug
Color print advertisement for Dowell Incorporated, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts two beakers, each holding a piece of iron immersed in raw hydrochloric acid, to illustrate the use…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Oil industries, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Oil wells
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Stalemating Saprophytes!
- Advertisement for Dow fungicides
- 1937
Color print advertisement for Dowicides, the trade name for a range of phenolic compounds manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company to inhibit the growth of mold and fungi. The advertisement features an…
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In Defense of a Maligned Word
- 1937
Color print advertisement detailing the use of various synthetics produced by the Dow Chemical Company for a range of applications, including plastics, solvents, resins, and color dyes. The advertisement features a…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Chemicals
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From the Surging Sea...More Power For Your Car
- 1937
Print advertisement for ethylene dibromide manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for use in Ethyl gasoline. The advertisement features a seascape and an illustration of a mermaid, with accompanying text…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Gasoline industry, Ethylene dibromide, Corporations, Advertising, Bromine industry, Bromine, Seawater
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Styrene: A Triumph of Synthesis
- 1937
Color print advertisement for Styrene, a thermoplastic resin and precursor to polystyrene manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features samples of Styrene in various geometric shapes and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Styrene industry, Monomers, Corporations, Thermoplastics, Advertising, Styrene
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Letter by Franklin Delano Roosevelt concerning the construction of polio rehabilitation facility
- 1927-Apr-08
Typewritten letter from Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) to Julian [Goldman] detailing his plans for the creation of a polio rehabilitation facility in Warm Springs, Georgia, as well as the creation of a Patients'…
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Extraordinary Facts Relating to the Vision of Colours: With Observations
- 1794
Author John Dalton outlines his own red-green color blindness discovered through botanical studies of flower hues. Blank endpapers omitted during digitization.
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The Discovery of Phosphorus
- 1775
This mezzotint by William Pether, after the 1771 painting by Joseph Wright of Derby, shows a kneeling alchemist in his laboratory, gazing in wonder at the results of his latest experiment. The painting's full original…
- After Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797
- Artist Pether, William
- Subject Chemiluminescence, Phosphorus, Wright, Joseph, 1734-1797, Alchemy, Alchemy in art, Pether, William