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This digital collection features selected scientific instruments, apparatus, and analytical tools from the Institute's museum as well as photographs, rare-book engravings, and illustrations depicting various types of equipment and machinery found in laboratories, manufacturing plants, and mechanical treatises. Inventions from book wheels to fireballs can be found here, alongside more modern innovations such as Gammacells and Geiger counters.

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    Machinery at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Close-up view of machinery used in the production of water treatment chemicals at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Machinery at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Close-up view of machinery used in the production of water treatment chemicals at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Employee at work in Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Close-up view of employee Charles Andrew at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate ancestor of…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Rolling machine at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of employee Charles Andrew operating a rolling machine at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Raw material at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Close-up view of raw material and machinery used in the manufacture of water treatment chemicals at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Filtering precipitates at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    Elevated view of employees Charles S. White (left) and Andrew Lombardi (right) at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Per notations accompanying the…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Bunsen burner, Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Water analysis at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of several employees conducting water analysis tests at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. The employees visible in the…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Employees at work in Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of several employees at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory and manufacturing facility located in Chicago, Illinois. The three employees visible in the foreground are identified…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Employee at work in Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of employee James Nelson at work in the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. An assortment of beakers and laboratory apparatus are visible on the work bench.…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs

    Water samples at Dearborn laboratory facility

    • 1934-Mar-16

    General view of employee E.L. Konigsmark recording water samples sent to the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street Laboratory facility and manufacturing plant for analysis. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Photographer C. & C. Photo Service
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Glassware, Dearborn Chemical Company

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