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Figure 57: Torpedo Boat Attacking a Large War Vessel
- 1884
Color plate depicts a torpedo boat attacking a large war vessel. Accompanying text mentions how a quick-moving torpedo boat can position the torpedo device in close proximity of the enemy war ship and withdrawal in time…
- Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
- Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
- Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Science--Study and teaching, Torpedo-boats
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Figure 54: Dynamite manufacturing establishment near Turin, Italy
- 1884
Plate illustrates a dynamite manufacturing establishment near Turin, Italy. Dynamite was used to form the Fréjus Rail Tunnel in Mont Cenis, which is in close proximity to Turin, Italy. Dating back to 1871, this tunnel…
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Figure 53: Display of Fireworks on the Seine, Paris
- 1884
Color plate illustrates a fireworks display held over the Seine river in Paris, France. Different chemical substances produce different colors when ignited, resulting in colorful fireworks displays.
This plate is from…
- Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
- Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
- Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Science--Study and teaching, Fireworks, France--Seine River, France--Paris
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Figure 50: View in Tuscany After the Establishment of the Borax Industry
- 1884
Plate illustrates the Tuscan landscape after the establishment of the borax industry. Boric acid is collected from Tuscan lagoons via masonry structures as seen in the illustration.
This plate is from John Howard…
- Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
- Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
- Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Science--Study and teaching, Borax, Borax mines and mining, Italy--Tuscany
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Figure 49: View of the Tuscan landscape before the introduction of the borax industry
- 1884
Plate illustrates the Tuscan landscape before the introduction of the borax industry. The foreground depicts Tuscan lagoons, where borax was found circa 1776. Steam charged with boron compounds escapes volcanic crevices…
- Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
- Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
- Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Science--Study and teaching, Italy--Tuscany, Borax, Borax mines and mining
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Figure 48: Section of Chambers for Manufacture of Sulfuric Acid
- 1884
Color plate illustrates the process of manufacturing sulfuric acid. Sulfur is burned in an air current, forming sulfur dioxide which oxidizes into sulfur trioxide. Then water is introduced, producing sulfuric acid.…
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Advertisement for Dow Magnesium
- 1943-Apr
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of magnesium from the sea while…
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Dow Magnesium: The Lightest Structural Metal...One-third Lighter Than Any Other in Common Use
- 1942-Jun-08
Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of magnesium from the sea. The…
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Divorcing a Dangerous Couple
- Advertisement for Dowtherm
- 1938
Color print advertisement for Dowtherm, a heat transfer fluid manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a temperature and a pressure gauge, with…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Heat, Temperature
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Heat...Without Pressure...and the Cooking is Great!
- Advertisement for Dowtherm
- 1951
Color print advertisement for Dowtherm, a heat transfer fluid manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a man relaxing in a hammock with a plate of…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Temperature, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Heat
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"I'm Buying a Really Portable Sewing Machine!"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- 1946
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement depicts a mother and daughter carrying a newly-purchased portable sewing machine made from Dowmetal, a product marketed for…
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On the Wings of...Magnesium!
- 1946-Jul-08
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction a hand lifting a winged ingot of Dowmetal magnesium through an array…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade
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To Speed and Expand the Airways...
- Advertisement for Dow Magnesium
- Circa 1944
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of airplane propellers and wings superimposed over a skyline flanked…
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Dowmetal: The Metal that Travels Light!
- 1940
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a woman carrying a suitcase; several modes of transportation, including a plane,…
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"I've Got a Girl in Every Port..."
- Advertisement for Dow Magnesium
- 1952-Aug-18
Print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a man holding a dictating machine made from magnesium, with accompanying…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade
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America's Only Unlimited Source of Metal
- 1947-Mar-22
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of Dowmetal magnesium from the sea. The accompanying text…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Seawater
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America's Unlimited Source of Magnesium
- 1942-Apr
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of two ships floating on a cube of seawater with a view of the sea…
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Magnesium...the Metal of Motion
- 1945
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction a hand lifting a winged ingot of Dowmetal magnesium through an array…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade
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The Light New World
- Advertisement for Dowmetal Magnesium
- 1944
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of Dowmetal magnesium…
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"It's the Light One That's Going With Me!"
- Magnesium: Lightest of All Structural Metals
- Circa 1945
Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement depicts a woman carrying a portable typewriter made from Dowmetal, a product marketed for its lightness and durability…
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First Production of Magnesium Metal from the Sea!
- Recording an epoch-making achievement in chemical engineering
- 1941
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features waves moving across the sea, with accompanying text commemorating Dow's production…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Seawater
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Dowmetal is Riding High!
- 1940-Jan
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a plane flying above an array of clouds. The…
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Dowmetal Magnesium: An American Accomplishment
- 1941
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts molten magnesium being poured into a mold, with accompanying text detailing Dow's…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade
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From the Sea...A New and More Useful Treasure!
- Advertisement for Dow Magnesium
- 1941
Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts a group of pirates digging for buried treasure, with accompanying text summarizing Dow's…
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Dow Magnesium: The Lightest Structural Metal...One-third Lighter Than Any Other in Common Use
- 1942-Jul-27
Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of trains, planes, and automobiles above a hand lifting a winged…