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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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  • Photographs

    Destructive testing at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1962

    General view of an unidentified employee using assorted machinery to test the destructive range and effectiveness of detonators and initiators manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Port Ewen, New…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Explosives--Testing, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Beckman (Berkeley) Time Interval Meter in use at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1962

    General view of an unidentified employee operating a Beckman (Berkeley Division) Time Interval Meter at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Time Interval Meters were commonly used for a range of…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Explosives--Testing, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • Photographs

    Automatic press machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1962

    Close-up view of an automatic press machine used to fill shells with an explosives charge the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Detonators, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Production facilities at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1962

    General view of employees at work in a facility used for the production and testing of detonators and initiators manufactured at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an…

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

    Apparatus for production of blasting caps at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1962

    General view of an unidentified employee setting a tray of shells into an apparatus used during the production of blasting caps at Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The apparatus is likely a press…

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

    Automatic loading lines at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1962

    General view of several employees at work on the automatic loading line for the production of detonators and initiators at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. On the left-hand side of the…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Automatic precision-assembly station at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1962

    General view of a female employee operating an automatic precision-assembly station used during the manufacture of detonators and initiators at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The employee…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery, Women employees
  • Photographs

    Automatic press machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1962

    Close-up view of an automatic press machine used to fill shells with an explosives charge the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Detonators, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Extruder at Hercules Parlin plant

    • Circa 1961-Jan

    General view of a Prodex brand extruder used in the production of Penton, a chlorinated polyether used as an ingredient in protective coatings for structural steel and other metals, papers, cardboard, and plastics, at…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Chemical industry, Extrusion process, Polymers, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Ring closure reactor at Hercules Parlin plant

    • Circa 1961-Jan

    General view of a ring closure reactor used in the production of Penton, a chlorinated polyether used as an ingredient in protective coatings for structural steel and other metals, papers, cardboard, and plastics, at…

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

    Polymerizer and extruder at Hercules Parlin plant

    • Circa 1961-Jan

    General view of an unidentified employee operating a polymerizer and extruder at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the polymerizer and extruder…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Extrusion process, Polymers, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Polyethers, Polymerization, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Acetylation unit at Hercules Parlin plant

    • Circa 1961-Jan

    General view of an acetylation unit used in the production of Penton, a chlorinated polyether used as an ingredient in protective coatings for structural steel and other metals, papers, cardboard, and plastics, at the…

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

    Penton molding operations at Hercules Parlin plant

    • 1961

    General view of a machine used to mold Penton, a chlorinated polyether used as an ingredient in protective coatings for structural steel and other metals, papers, cardboard, and plastics, at the Hercules Powder Company…

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

    Foam house facility at Hercules Brunswick plant

    • Circa 1960-Jul

    General view of safety inspector John Cloer at work in the foam house at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia, with view of assorted fire-fighting and fire-suppression apparatus. One of two Hercules…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Tharp, Gil
    • Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Fire extinction--Equipment and supplies, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Press machine at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1960

    General view of employee Kenneth Newell operating a press machine used to fill electric blasting caps with an explosive charge at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The operation was…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
    • Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Valves and pipes at Hercules Parlin plant

    • 1960-Sep-10

    Close-up view of assorted valves and pipes at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations accompanying the photograph, these valves and pipes were lined with Penton, a Hercules-branded…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
    • Subject Chemical industry, Valves, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Polyethers, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Extractor tank in use at Hercules Brunswick plant

    • Circa 1960-Jul

    General view of employee Edward Newmans clearing spent wood chips from an extractor tank at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules plants specializing in naval stores, the Brunswick…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Tharp, Gil
    • Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Extraction apparatus, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, African Americans, Machinery
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    Separator at Hercules Parlin plant

    • 1960-Sep-10

    Two views of a separator used to separate carbon tetrachloride and water containing hydrochloric acid at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. The employee visible in the first photograph is…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Polyethers, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Destructive testing at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1960

    General view of employees Thomas Stauble (left, foreground) and Andrew Tubby (right, foreground) using assorted machinery to test the destructive range and effectiveness of detonators and initiators manufactured at the…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
    • Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Research, Industrial, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Explosives--Testing, Corporations, Explosives, Beckman Instruments, inc., Machinery
  • Photographs

    Acetylene cutting torch in use at Hercules Brunswick plant

    • Circa 1960-Jul

    General view of boilermaker Hubbie H. Hattaway operating an acetylene cutting torch in the machine shop at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Brunswick, Georgia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Tharp, Gil
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Machinery, Welding
  • Photographs

    Penton valves and pipes at Hercules Parlin plant

    • 1960-Sep-10

    Close-up view of solid Penton needle and plug valves, as well as Penton pipes and fittings, at the Hercules Powder Company plant located in Parlin, New Jersey. Penton was a Hercules-branded chlorinated polyether used as…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
    • Subject Chemical industry, Valves, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Polyethers, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Rosin solution evaporator at Hercules Brunswick plant

    • Circa 1960-Jul

    General view of Stan Fenelon (left), Pexite rosin and refinery supervisor, and Clarence Darley (right), day relief operator, examining the rosin solution evaporator apparatus at the Hercules Powder Company plant in…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Tharp, Gil
    • Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Hercules Incorporated, Evaporators, Corporations, Naval stores, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Heat treatment tank at Hercules Brunswick plant

    • Circa 1960-Jul

    General view of several employees using a crane to move a heat treatment tank in preparation for the expansion of rosin-making facilities at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Brunswick, Georgia. One of two Hercules…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Tharp, Gil
    • Subject Naval stores industry, Employees, Chemical industry, Cranes, derricks, etc., Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Naval stores, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Assorted valves, pipes, and fittings at Hercules Parlin plant

    • 1960-Sep-10

    Close-up view of assorted valves, pipes, and fittings at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Parlin, New Jersey. Per notations accompanying the photograph, this system, which was used to handle hydrochloric acid, was…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
    • Subject Chemical industry, Valves, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Polyethers, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Mixing detonator charges at Hercules Port Ewen plant

    • 1960

    General view of employee Raymond Demskie operating a series of levers to remotely mix explosive powders used in the electric blasting caps produced at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Port Ewen, New York. The levers…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Farrell & Gage Films Inc.
    • Subject Detonators, Employees, Chemical industry, Propellants, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Explosives, Machinery
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