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The Electric Stamp
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an electric stamp, a device used to deface stamps with a heated platinum wire in the form of a design or initial. The device is powered by electricity, using the hand of its user to complete the…
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Smee's Cell and Smee's Battery
- 1870 – 1900
Illustrations of the electric cell and battery apparatus developed by Alfred Smee (1818-1877). The cell consists of two positively charged zinc plates and one negatively charged platinized silver plate immersed in…
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The Electric Machine
- 1870 – 1900
Illustration depicting an Electric Machine, or a device used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy to store a static positive charge. The device operates by turning a glass plate between two metal-coated…
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How a Furnace Heats a House
- 1922
Diagram from page 191 of the 1922 volume The Science of Common Things depicting the movement of warm and cool air through a home to demonstrate the functionality of a furnace. Labels indicate heating components such as…
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The Furnace and How it Works
- 1922
Diagram from page 189 of the 1922 volume The Science of Common Things depicting a home heating furnace. Arrows demonstrate the flow of air through the furnace and labels indicate the components of the furnace and stages…
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How Coal Burns
- 1922
Diagram from page 163 of the 1922 volume The Science of Common Things depicting how coal ignites and burns in a stove. Arrows illustrate the movement of air through the stove. The reactions between oxygen, carbon,…
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Figure 40. Aytoun's Patent Safety Cage
- 1862
Illustration depicting the Aytoun Patent Safety Cage, a mining elevator with safety catches to ensure passenger safety in the event of a chain break. The illustration depicts two scenarios: the shaft elevator descending…
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Figure 19. Section of the Coal Basin South of Malmesbury
- 1862
Diagram of coalfields south of Malmesbury, England. The diagram presents a cross-section of the Earth, depicting strata of coal seams, old and new red sandstone, mountain limestone, millstone grit, pennant, inferior and…
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Make it an Occasion! With Plastics Housewares Made of Styron
- 1949
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. The advertisement features a party scene…
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"We Bought the Light Ones -- Didn't We Mother?"
- Advertisement for Dowmetal Magnesium
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustration of a young girl and her mother, who is pruning a small tree with a…
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"Get This Light One, Dad -- You Know...Less Push!"
- Advertisement for Dowmetal Magnesium
- 1946
Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustration of a young boy and his father shopping for manual lawn mowers.…
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Lest Even One Lamb be Lost
- Advertisement for Phenothiazine
- 1945
Color print advertisement for Phenothiazine, a pharmaceutical chemical produced by Dow Chemical and used for treating parasitic diseases in livestock. The advertisement features an illustration of a flock of sheep on a…
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The Perfect Apple is a Work of...Man
- Advertisement for Dow Insecticides Division
- 1945
Color print advertisement for Dow Insecticides Division. The advertisement features a photograph of a bowl of red and green apples with a halved apple on a plate in the foreground. The accompanying text describes the…
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Stripcoat
- 1944
Color print advertisement for Stripcoat, a protective coating made from Dow Ethylcellulose (branded as Ethocel). The advertisement features a racially-stereotyped depiction of a Chinese soldier removing the protective…
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New Plastic for Toys is Five Times Tougher!
- 1943
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. The advertisement features a photograph…
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Advertisement for Dow Aromatics
- 1942
Color print advertisement for Dow Aromatics. The advertisement features a mixed imagery illustration of a woman's face, a dancing couple, a hand holding a bar of soap, white roses, a perfume bottle, a beaker and a…
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Frozen in Plastic
- 1942
Color print advertisement for Ethocel, the brand name for Dow Ethylcellulose, marketed for its flexibility under extreme low temperatures. The advertisement features an illustration of a woman's hands holding an ice…
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The Zest of Winter Brings the Glow of Health!
- Advertisement for Dow pharmaceutical chemicals
- 1941
Color print advertisement for pharmaceutical chemicals produced by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a photographic reproduction of two children skiing. Accompanying text describes how "the advances…
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For Longer Life
- Advertisement for Dowicides
- 1939-Sep
Color print advertisement for Dowicides, the trade name for a group of fungicide chemicals manufactured and marketed by the Dow Chemical Company as tools to prevent mold and decay. The advertisement features three…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Corporations, Phenols, Fungicides, Chemical industry, Mildew--Prevention, Advertising, Industrial
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The 53rd Element
- 1938
Color print advertisement for iodine manufactured by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a bottle of iodine and a manicured hand holding a dropper. A drop of iodine is illustrated against a plain…
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First Aid to Trees Transplanted!
- Advertisement for Dowax
- 1937
Color print advertisement for Dowax, a sprayable emulsified wax that was developed by Dow Chemical to prevent loss of moisture to trees and plants during the transplant process. The advertisement features a color…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Chemical industry, Agricultural chemicals, Corporations, Trees--Transplanting, Advertising, Industrial
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Beauty Treatments for Finer Fruit
- 1937
Color print advertisement for Dow Chemical insecticides and fungicides. The advertisement features a color botanical illustration of an apple tree with inset illustrations of its fruit and flowers. Accompanying text…
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New Leadership Through New Lightness
- Advertisement for Dowmetal and Hoover
- 1937
Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a woman against a plain background holding a Hoover vacuum cleaner made with Dowmetal.…
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Figure 4. Illustration of Drift Theory
- 1862
Illustration of Drift Theory, a geological theory used to explain the formation of coal deposits. The figure illustrates how sediments including shale, limestone, sandstone, and coal travel from different directions to…
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Figure 27. "Flashing" Room at Messrs Edison & Swan's Works
- 1915
Figure 27 from the 1915 volume, The Rare Earth Industry depicting the "flashing" room of the Edison and Swan Electric Light Company. The illustration depicts scientists preparing filaments for incandescent electric glow…