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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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  • Dearborn Chemical Company11
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  • Photographs

    Bucking board and crusher at Dearborn laboratory

    • Part of Album of early Dearborn Chemical Company facilities, 1890s-1905
    • Circa 1905

    Close-up view of the bucking board and crusher used to prepare coal and ore samples for analysis at the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works (later Dearborn Chemical Company) 35th Street laboratory facilities located in…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Chemical industry, Laboratories, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery, Dearborn Chemical Company
  • Photographs

    Shell machine at Hercules Kenvil plant

    • Circa 1918

    General view of an unidentified employee operating a machine used to produce shell cartridges used in the manufacture of dynamite at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey. Formed in 1912 as part of an…

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

    Sorting Machine at Hercules Kenvil plant

    • 1919

    General view of an unidentified employee operating a machine used to sort time cards at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Kenvil, New Jersey. Per an article in the August 1919 edition of the Hercules Mixer, time…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Industrial efficiency, Hercules Incorporated, Corporations, Women employees, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Machine room at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • Circa 1924

    General view of two unidentified employees at work in a machine room 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
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Dearborn Chemical Company manufacturing plant

    • Circa 1924

    General view of an unidentified employee 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
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Dearborn Chemical Company manufacturing plant

    • Circa 1924

    General view of two unidentified employees 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
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Barrell filling at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1930s

    General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Barrels, Corporations, Machinery
  • Photographs

    Barrell filling at Dearborn manufacturing facility

    • 1930s

    General view of two unidentified employees filling barrels at the Dearborn Chemical Company's 35th Street laboratory facility and manufacturing plant. Founded in 1887, the Dearborn Chemical Company was a corporate…

    • Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
    • Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Water purification chemicals industry, Barrels, 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

    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

    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

    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

    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
  • Photographs

    Washing tub in use at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940-Jun-17

    General view of a washing tub in use at the Hercules Powder Company's Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, constant agitation and continual charges of water were used…

    • 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

    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

    Sheeted cotton linters at Hercules Hopewell plant

    • 1940-Jun-17

    Close-up view of several rolls of sheeted cotton linters mounted on spindles at the Hercules Powder Company's Ethyl Cellulose plant in Hopewell, Virginia. Per notations accompanying the photograph, the cotton was…

    • Creator Of Work Hercules Incorporated
    • Photographer Rittase, William M., 1894-1968
    • Subject Chemical industry, Ethylcellulose, Cotton, Spindles (Machine-tools), 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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