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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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    Treating tubs at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    General view of an unidentified female employee inspecting a treating tub used to purify ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The Hopewell plant commonly produced ethyl cellulose,…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer ACME
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Women employees, Machinery
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    Interior view of Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    General view of the interior of a portion of the Hercules Powder Company plant facilities in Hopewell, Virginia, with view of assorted industrial apparatus and machinery and several unidentified employees. The Hopewell…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia

    • 1940s

    Close-up view of ethyl cellulose being transferred to a storage bin at the Hercules Powder Company's Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The employee visible in the photograph is unidentified. Ethyl cellulose…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Solvent Recovery system at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    General view of an unidentified employee inspecting the control board for a Solvent Recovery system at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the system was…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer ACME
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Control switches at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    General view of an unidentified employee inspecting control switches at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the control switches were explosion-proof, one…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer ACME
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Caustic soda weigh-tanks at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    General view of weigh-tanks for caustic soda and ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company's Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, caustic soda and ethyl cellulose…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Scales (Weighing instruments), Ethylcellulose, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Control panel at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    General view of an unidentified employee examining a control panel used in the production of ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by the Hercules…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Hydrochloride Rotary Furnace at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    General view of an unidentified employee inspecting the Hydrochloride Rotary System at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The system was likely used during the production of so-called "chemical…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer ACME
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Control panel at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    General view of an unidentified employee examining a control panel used in the production of ethyl cellulose at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Ethyl cellulose manufactured by the Hercules…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Sampling of ethyl cellulose at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    Close-up view of an unidentified employee removing a sample of ethyl cellulose from a machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the sampling was one…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery
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    Stern Shredder at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940s

    Two views of an unidentified employee adjusting the Stern Shredder machine at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The shredder was used to process linter sheets of cellulosic fibrous materials, such…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer ACME
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Cotton, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Cellulose, Machinery

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