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Oral history interview with Charles P. Smyth
- 1986-May-30
Charles P. Smyth begins the interview by naming the many scientists in his family and discussing his undergraduate education at Princeton, with descriptions of the curriculum, faculty, and facilities. He then describes…
- Interviewee Smyth, Charles Phelps, 1895-1990
- Interviewer Doel, Ronald E., Sturchio, Jeffrey L. (Jeffrey Louis), 1952-
- Subject United States. War Department. Alsos Mission, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), Smyth, Charles Phelps, 1895-1990, Princeton University, Chemists--Biography, Chemists
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Portrait of Francis Cowles Frary (1884-1970)
- 1950s
Portrait of American chemist Francis Cowles Frary (1884-1970), best known for his work with phosgene gas and the production of aluminium.
Francis Cowles Frary was born on July 9, 1884 in Minneapolis, Minnesota and…
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The Bulletin Index: Pittsburgh's Weekly Newsmagazine, December 28, 1939
- The Bulletin Index: Pittsburgh's Weekly Newsmagazine, Volume 115, Number 26
- 1939-Dec-28
Front page and page 6 of the December 28, 1939 issue of the Bulletin Index: Pittsburgh's Weekly Newsmagazine. The article on the top left, titled "Warfare Waste," features Ernst Berl (1877-1946) discussing ammunition…
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Arnold and Mabel Beckman photo album
- Circa 1915
- Circa 1935
Photographs of images from an album containing pictures of chemist Arnold O. Beckman and his wife, and Mabel Meinzer Beckman, taken during their courtship and the early years of their marriage. Images include Arnold O.…
- Subject World War (1914-1918), Beckman, Arnold O.
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Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron Eine Million Mark Gutschein
- Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron one million Mark voucher
- 1923-Aug-23
This Eine Million Mark Gutschein, or one million Mark voucher, was issued by Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron. Styled after a banknote, the verso of this company scrip includes the company logo and terms of the…
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Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron Drei Millionen Mark Gutschein
- Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron three million Mark voucher
- 1923-Aug-11
This Drei Millionen Mark Gutschein, or three million Mark voucher, was issued by Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron. Styled after a banknote, the verso of this company scrip includes the company logo and terms of the…
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Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron Hundert Mark Gutschein
- Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron one hundred Mark voucher
- 1922-Sep-30
This Hundert Mark Gutschein, or one hundred Mark voucher, was issued by Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron. Styled after a banknote, the verso of this company scrip includes the terms of the scrip. Paper features a…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1922
- 1922-Jul-20
In a letter to his friend and colleague Georg Bredig (1868-1944), Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) describes the statutes for awarding Nobel Prizes and laments the lack of funds available for European scientists following…
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, March 1922
- 1922-Mar-01
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) updates Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on his professional life in Sweden and his upcoming travel plans to Holland, Belgium, and France. Arrhenius additionally laments the periolous economic…
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927
- Subject Arrhenius, Svante, 1859-1927, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, World War (1914-1918), Chemistry, Money
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Chemical Warfare
- 1921
Written by officers of the United States Army Chemical Warfare Service and National Research Council, Chemical Warfare serves to provide a historical sketch of the development and personnel of the Chemical Warfare…
- Author Fries, Amos A. (Amos Alfred), 1873-1963, West, Clarence J. (Clarence Jay), 1886-1953
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous -- War use., Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous, Chemical warfare, Chemical agents (Munitions), World War (1914-1918), Gas masks, Chlorine, Phosgene, Carbon monoxide, Smoke--Toxicology
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Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, February 26, 1921
- 1921-Feb-26
Letter from Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). Contains personal updates about Arrhenius' family as well as updates about the Experimentalfältet (The Fields for Experiments at the Royal Swedish…
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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
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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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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 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 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 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 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 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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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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Letter from Rudolf Wegscheider to Georg Bredig, September 1920
- 1920-Sep-05
Rudolf Wegscheider (1859-1935), an Austrian chemist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for wishing him well on his sixtieth birthday. Wegscheider additionally laments turning older and the economic consequences of the…
- Author Wegscheider, Rudolf, 1859-1935
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, World War (1914-1918), Wegscheider, Rudolf
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Postcard of soldiers wearing Pickelhauben
- 1918 – 1919
Postcard from Max Mislow (1887-1963), Kurt Mislow's (1923-2017) father, to an unknown recipient. The postcard features a black and white photograph of German soldiers wearing Pickelhauben, the pointed or spiked helmet…
