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13 itemsDyestuffs for Wood Stains
- 1900s
Sample book for dyeing solutions on wood from the Interessengemeinschaft Farbenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, a German chemical and pharmaceutical conglomerate. Contains dyeing instructions and sixty-four mounted wood…
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74 itemsAtoms to electricity
- 1983
Booklet about the United States nuclear energy program, which includes description of the process, types of nuclear reactors, nuclear fuel, transporting radioactive materials, and economies of nuclear power. Includes…
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100 itemsIn Time of Emergency; a Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack [and] Natural Disasters
- 1968
Illustrated throughout including chapters on fallout shelters, supplies, fire hazards and emergency care of the sick and injured. The section on major natural disasters covers floods and hurricanes, tornadoes, winter…
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56 itemsControlled nuclear fusion
- 1968
- Author Glasstone, Samuel, 1897-1986
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject Controlled fusion
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48 itemsAtomic fuel
- 1967
- Author Hogerton, John F.
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject Nuclear fuels
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40 itemsIron & Steel Industrial Defense Planning Manual
- 1965
Illustrated throughout with topics including corporate emergency planning, emergency planning at the plant and general provisions (corporate and plant levels). Also includes an industrial defense organization chart.
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48 itemsFallout from nuclear tests
- 1963
Booklet explaining nuclear fallout including basic concepts, pathways to man, biological effects, and preventive and remedial measures.
- Author Comar, C. L.
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject Radioactive fallout, Nuclear weapons--Testing
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16 itemsControlling 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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20 itemsIsotopes from Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- 1962-Dec
This booklet was created for the general public providing basic statistics on Oak Ridge National Laboratory with descriptions of radioisotopes and how they are produced. There is a section on the Fission Products…
- Author Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Subject Isotopes, Nuclear energy, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Illustration of the process of nuclear waste from reactor to development for market or waste system
- 1962-Dec
An illustrated infographic of the basic process of fission materials and waste from the nuclear reactor to chemical processing plant to the fission products development laboratory becoming isotopes for market or nuclear…
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48 itemsFallout Protection: What to Know and Do About Nuclear Attack
- 1961
Illustrated throughout including sections on shelters, shelter supplies, first aid and recovery.
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Shelter supplies
- 1961
Recommended supplies to have on hand for fallout shelter in case of nuclear attack.
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Shelter supplies
- 1961
Recommended supplies to have on hand for fallout shelter in case of nuclear attack.
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76 itemsAEC Handbook on Oak Ridge Operations
- 1961
This handbook includes a short history of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, operations at the plant, the community of Oak Ridge, and short summaries of the Area Offices. Oak Ridge was built starting in late 1942.…
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear energy, Nuclear power plants
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The Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge
- 1961
This handbook includes a short history of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, operations at the plant, the community of Oak Ridge, and short summaries of the Area Offices. During World War II all concentration was…
- Publisher U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
- Subject U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nuclear energy, Nuclear power plants
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12 itemsAtomic Energy, How?
- 1950s
A booklet that describes and explains atomic energy in non-specialist terms with similes to common materials like a drop of water or a fireplace. Con Edison is the energy provider for the New York City metro area, they…
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72 itemsLaboratory Experiments with Radioisotopes for High School Science Demonstrations
- 1958
A booklet containing twenty radioactivity experiments designed by New York City teachers to be performed in biology, chemistry, and physics high school classes. The experiments deal with topics such as radioactive…
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36 itemsTungsten, the Story of an Indispensable Metal
- 1955
A brief, illustrated history of Tungsten, or wolfram, a rare metal first isolated by Swedish Pomeranian and German pharmaceutical chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786) and Spanish chemists and brothers José…
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6 itemsNeoprene 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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12 itemsPlastics Make the Package Dow Makes the Plastics
- 1953
Pamphlet reviews plastic packaging manufactured by Dow Chemical Company including flexible films like Saran Wrap, foamed products such as Styrofoam, coatings including Ethocel, as well as molding and extrusion materials…
- Author Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Plastics--Molding, Polymers, Food--Packaging, Plastics--Extrusion, Styrene, Thin films
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12 itemsDu 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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476 itemsThe Effects of Atomic Weapons
- 1950
Illustrated throughout, this book covers topics including the principles and description of an atomic explosion; shock from air, underground and underwater bursts; physical damage; thermal radiation; nuclear radiations…
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12 itemsToxaphene 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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40 itemsHandling radioactive wastes in the atomic energy program
- 1949
"This report describes radioactive waste materials, their sources in the atomic energy program, and the methods used on processing and storing or disposing of them at atomic energy installations and at laboratories and…
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Atomic Energy is Here to Stay: How We Use it is the Business of Every Citizen
- Part of Atomic energy here to stay
- 1949
Illustration of an atom radiating out to four sectors of the economy: Industry, Agriculture, Medicine, and Power. This back cover of the magazine is meant to cement the idea that atomic energy is the future of business.…