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Lamp Rheostat
- 1912
Catalog entry for "Parsons' latest improved design, for controlling incandescent lighting circuits, and for demonstrating the laws of series and parallel combinations."
Part of Catalog K: Physical Apparatus for…
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Melloni's Apparatus and Parabolic Reflectors
- 1912
Catalog entries for Parabolic Reflectors, used to collect sound, light or radio waves,
and Melloni's Apparatus, for demonstrating the phenomena of absorption, polarization, reflection, and refraction of radiant heat.
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Models of engines
- 1912
Catalog entries for steam and gas engines.
Part of Catalog K: Physical Apparatus for Universities and Colleges, a catalog of laboratory instruments for the physical sciences made by the Central Scientific Company.…
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Physical Apparatus for Universities and Colleges Manufactured and Imported by Central Scientific Co.
- 1912
A catalog of laboratory instruments for the physical sciences made by the Central Scientific Company. Founded in 1900 in downtown Chicago, Central Scientific manufactured and distributed science teaching equipment for…
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Precision Photometers
- 1912
Catalog entry for instruments designed for photometric analysis. Photometers can be used to measure the presence and concentration of organic and inorganic compounds in solution by determining the absorbance of specific…
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Spectroscopes
- 1912
Catalog entry for two spectroscopes. Spectroscopes use a lens or prism to disperse light into wavelengths. The spectroscopes shown can be handheld (top image) or attached to a camera (bottom image) to record the…
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Universal Physical Laboratory Supports
- 1912
Illustration of possible combinations of laboratory equipment on the "Universal Physical Laboratory Supports."
Part of Catalog K: Physical Apparatus for Universities and Colleges, a catalog of laboratory instruments…
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Various Geissler Tubes
- 1912
Catalog entry for various geissler tubes for demonstration purposes. Invented by the glassblower, Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Geissler (1815-1878), a light is produced when an electric current is passed through the rarefied…
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Various Vacuum Tubes
- 1912
Catalog entry for various vacuum tubes for cathode-ray demonstrations, including Crookes' Tubes, Holtz' Tube, and Lenard's Tube.
Part of Catalog K: Physical Apparatus for Universities and Colleges, a catalog of…
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Wave Apparatus
- 1912
Catalog entry for wave apparatuses for the study of transverse and longitudinal waves.
Part of Catalog K: Physical Apparatus for Universities and Colleges, a catalog of laboratory instruments for the physical sciences…
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Wimherst Self-Charging Static Machine
- 1912
Catalog entry for a Wimhurst Machine, a static electricity generator used for experiments and powering X-ray machines.
Part of Catalog K: Physical Apparatus for Universities and Colleges, a catalog of laboratory…
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Can of Hopkins Rajah hair dye
- 1914 – 1967
Tin container of powdered henna pigment manufactured by S. B. Penick & Company. Henna is a dye prepared from the plant Lawsonia inermis, also known as the henna or mignonette tree. Whole henna leaves must be dried and…
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Postcard of the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company
- 1919
Letterpress halftone postcard featuring the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company factory, which manufactured parchment paper. The postcard depicts the factory set alongside the Kalamazoo River with the slogan "A model…
- Creator Of Work Curt Teich & Co.
- Subject Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Co., Curt Teich & Co., Michigan--Kalamazoo
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Employee at work in Dearborn laboratory facility
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified employee analyzing an unidentified substance at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. A microscope and water quality test kit are…
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Employee at work in Dearborn laboratory facility
- 1920s
General view of employee Al Herman analyzing an unidentified substance at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Assorted scientific apparatus and laboratory glassware…
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Employee using titration apparatus at Dearborn laboratory facility
- 1920s
General view of an unidentified employee at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. A variety of titration equipment and other scientific apparatus are visible on…
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History of the Manufacture of Explosives for the World War, 1917-1918
- 1920
Digitized in entirety, this illustrated work contains photographs and histories of companies that produced munitions for use in World War One. Includes the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pennsylvania Trojan…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Hercules Powder Company, Atlas Powder Company, Bethlehem Loading Company, World War (1914-1918)
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's Old Hickory powder plant near Nashville, Tennessee
- 1920
Panoramic view of DuPont Company's Old Hickory powder plant located near Nashville, Tennessee. The plant was built to produce 900,000 pounds of finished smokeless powder per day.
Top photograph includes the main power…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918)
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plant and community village at the Old Hickory powder plant near Nashville, Tennessee
- 1920
Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plant (top panorama) and community village (bottom panorama) at the Old Hickory powder plant near Nashville, Tennessee. The plant panorama shows the nitric acid plant, blending towers,…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918), Company towns
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plant in Haskell, New Jersey and Trojan Powder Company's plant in Seiple, Pennsylvania
- 1920
Panoramic view of the DuPont Company's smokeless powder plant in Haskell, New Jersey (top panorama) along with the plant of the Trojan Powder Company and Trojan Chemical Company located in Seiple, Pennsylvania (bottom…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918), Grenades
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plants in Hopewell, Virginia and Carney's Point, New Jersey
- 1920
Panoramic view of the DuPont Company's guncotton plant in Hopewell, Virginia (top panorama) along with their powder plant located in Carney's Point, New Jersey (bottom panorama).
DuPont Company's guncotton plant…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918)
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Panoramic view of DuPont Company's plants in Hopewell, Virginia and Parlin, New Jersey
- 1920
Panoramic view of the DuPont Company's guncotton plant in Hopewell, Virginia (top panorama) along with their powder plant located in Parlin, New Jersey (bottom panorama).
DuPont Company's guncotton plant located in…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, World War (1914-1918)
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Panoramic view of Hercules Powder Company's San Diego kelp plant in Potash, California
- 1920
Panoramic view of the Hercules Powder Company's San Diego kelp plant located in Potash, California. View includes kelp digestion tanks located in the left background. The converter building of the acetone group can be…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, Hercules Powder Company, World War (1914-1918), Acetone, Potash, Lacquer and lacquering
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Panoramic view of Hercules Power Company's smokeless powder plant in Nitro, West Virginia
- 1920
Panoramic views of the Hercules Powder Company's smokeless powder plant in Nitro, West Virginia. The operating area and company town can be seen in this panoramic view. The right hand portion of the upper view shows…
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Women sorting out imperfect grains of smokeless powder at Hercules Powder Company's plant in Kenvil, New Jersey
- 1920
Image caption reads "girls sorting out imperfect grains of smokeless powder." Inset photograph caption states "smokeless powder manufacture under difficulties—during the severe winter of 1917-18; great banks of snow are…
- Author Williams, W. Bradford (William Bradford)
- Publisher University of Chicago. Press
- Subject Explosives, Military, United States. Army. Ordnance Department, Industries, Weapons industry, Defense industries, Military supplies, Military weapons, Hercules Powder Company, World War (1914-1918), Women employees
