View of two technicians using assorted apparatus to determine the electrical resistivity of high polymers at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. At the laboratory, assorted equipment was…

General view of workers testing the features of new hydraulic systems at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. Two workers are seen turning valves on the machinery while a third worker looks…

General view of the Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrum (UV/Vis) Spectrophotometer used in the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. UV/Vis spectroscopy is routinely used in analytical chemistry…

General view of the PK-2 Pararaft Kit display at the Naval Air Engineering Center's Naval Science Symposium. Laboratory Technical Director J. Hartley Bowen, Jr. (right, wearing glasses) is seen explaining the Pararaft…

Eleanor Vadala, chemist, and Dr. Earl Hayes, U.S. Defense Department, examining a display of airship fabric produced at the Naval Air Material Center. Ms. Vadala demonstrates the threads on an airship model while Dr.…

Color photograph of Eleanor Vadala, Chemist, and C.A. Cassola, Division Superintendent, working with a barrel of radioactive material at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. Ms. Vadala…

Group photograph of Aeronautical Materials Laboratory staff members (from left) J. Hartley Bowen, Jr. (Technical Director); Martin J. Devine; and E. Robert Lamson. Assorted machinery, as well as a sign for the…

Aerial view of the Naval Air Engineering Center located at Mustin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, showing the assorted laboratory and manufacturing facilities.

Award presentation in honor of George B. Cook, the first chemist to join the Naval Aircraft factory in 1922. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows (from left): Jack Smith (Laboratory Supervisor);…

Color photograph showing two technicians removing a plastic dome from an unidentified machine in the Plastics Laboratory at the Naval Air Engineering Center.

Three chemists in the Nuclear Chemistry Laboratory at the Naval Air Engineering Center in Johnsville, Pennsylvania. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows (from left): Alfred Glass (Chemist); Dr.…

Award ceremony in honor of Sally J. Ketcham, Metallurgist at the Naval Air Engineering Center located in Johnsville, Pennsylvania. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows (from left): J. Hartley…

Patent award ceremony at the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory in honor of John Ohlson. The individuals in the photograph are identified as follows (from left): Bob Lamson (chemist); John Ohlson (patent award…

Research chemist Stanley Supkis using a distillation apparatus in the Aeromaterials laboratory at the Naval Air Engineering Center (Philadelphia, Pa.).

General view of the Rubber Laboratory at the National Air Engineering Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. At left, Technician Armand Rindone operates an unidentified machine before a group of observers. The…

Retirement dinner in honor of George B. Cook, the first chemist to join the Naval Air Engineering Center's aircraft factory in Philadelphia. Technical Director J. Hartley Bowen, Jr. (center) is seen presenting Mr. Cook…

Three chemists from the Naval Air Engineering Center (Philadelphia, Pa.) posed in front of the Aeronautical Materials Laboratory test site trailer bound for Florida. The chemists are identified as follows (from left):…

Group photograph of staff members at the Naval Air Engineering Center Polymer laboratory. At left, chemist Irving Custis is seen demonstrating a machine used in the production of polymers at the laboratory. The…

Laboratory staff in the High Polymer Division of the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeromaterials Laboratory examining the first batches of new NARPOL polymers used to coat aircraft metals. The individuals in the…

Group photograph taken to mark the development of the NARPOL aircraft coating system at the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory, Polymer Division. NARPOL is a partially fluorinated…

Retirement ceremony in honor of Edward K. Rishel, chemist at the Naval Air Engineering Center's Aeromaterials Laboratory. Rishel (center left) holds a certificate reading "Honorably Retired as a Civilian Employee of the…