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Stan Mikols and Dale Snyder examining blueprints in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of crew leader Stan Mikols (left) and Dale Snyder examining a blueprint used to manufacture a piece of glass in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Blueprints, Glassware, Mikols, Stan, Snyder, Dale
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Wayne Doehring with glass polymerizer in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Wayne Doehring placing a glass polymerizer into the annealing furnace in the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication and…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Furnaces, Glassware, Doehring, Wayne
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Wesley Smith filling absolute pressure gauge in Glass Fabrication department
- 1957-Oct-02
General view of Wesley Smith filling an absolute pressure gauge manufactured at the Dow Chemical Company's Glass Fabrication department with mercury. Founded in 1925, the department was responsible for the fabrication…
- Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Laboratories, Dow Chemical Company, Glass manufacture, Glassware, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Pressure gages, Smith, Wesley
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Eleanor Vadala with Gammacell 220 at the Naval Air Material Center
- Circa 1958
Eleanor Vadala, chemist, demonstrating use of the Gammacell 220, a textile chemistry machine, at the Naval Air Material Center's Aerospace Materials Laboratory. The Gammacell 220 is a source of Cobalt-60 gamma…
- Addressee Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.)
- Creator Of Work United States. Navy
- Subject Women in science, Aerospace Research Laboratories (U.S.), Employees, Textile machinery, Radiation, Machinery, Naval Air Engineering Center (U.S.), Cobalt--Isotopes, Women employees, Women chemists, Chemists, Vadala, Eleanor, 1923-
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Endurance testing of aircraft hydraulic pump
- 1958
General view of machinery used to conduct endurance tests of high-temperature (400 degrees Fahrenheit), high-pressure (3000psi) aircraft hydraulic pump at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials…
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Engineer operating shot peening equipment
- Circa 1958
General view of an engineer operating shot peening equipment at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. Shot peening is a cold work process used to finish metal parts to prevent fatigue and…
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Evaluation of experimental hydraulic fluids in simulated aircraft system
- 1958
General view of the simulated aircraft system at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory used to evaluate experimental hydraulic fluids. A worker is seen seated in the foreground examining…
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General view of Aircraft Grease Development and Test Area
- Circa 1958
General view of the Aircraft Grease Development and Test Area at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory showing assorted apparatus and glassware containing samples for testing. The individuals…
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General view of the Plastics Testing area
- 1958
General view of the Plastics Testing area at the Naval Air Material Center's Aeronautical Materials Laboratory. Technicians are seen working with assorted equipment used to simulate various service conditions and test…
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Testing of new developments in hydraulic systems
- 1958
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…
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Plexiglas auger at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1958-Jun-20
Close-up view of a Plexiglas auger (a type of drilling device or drill bit) manufactured at an unidentified Rohm and Haas Company facility.
The Rohm and Haas Company was founded in 1907 in Esslingen, Germany through…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Photographer G.K. Biel, Photography
- Subject Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Augers, Machinery, Bits (Drilling and boring)
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Production of Plexiglas auger at Rohm and Haas facility
- 1958-Jun-20
General view of the production of a Plexiglas auger (a type of drilling device or drill bit) at an unidentified Rohm and Haas Company facility. The employee visible in the photograph is also unidentified.
The Rohm and…
- Creator Of Work Rohm and Haas Company
- Photographer G.K. Biel, Photography
- Subject Employees, Rohm and Haas Company, Corporations, Plexiglas, Augers, Machinery, Bits (Drilling and boring)
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5 items
Dairy Science Instruments
- After 1959 – before 1989
Pyrex 70% Gerber Bottle - A glass tube bottle with bulbous ends and a flattened midsection. The mid-section has measurements from 0 to 70 mL. One end is inscribed in red "Cheese".
Used Gerber Bottle 8% - A glass tube…
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Dropsonde
- 1960s
Dropsonde instruments are cylindrical metal devices containing pressure, temperature, and humidity sensors to capture atmospheric profiles and thermodynamic data. The instruments are designed to be dropped from an…
- Creator Of Work Bendix Corporation
- Subject Radiosondes, Dropwindsondes, Weather, Weather forecasting, Storms, Meteorology
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Galvanometer
- 1960
Six volt galvanometer in a rectangular wooden case with rubber feet. A brass lever at the top of the case provides coarse zero adjustment; two black plastic and metal knobs on the right side of the case provide fine…
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Kenneth Newell operating 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, Newell, Kenneth
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Portable Hydrogen Ion Potentiometer
- Circa 1960
Potentiometers are used to measure electromotive force (emf) by balancing it with a known emf. The concept was first developed in 1841 by J. C. Poggendorff and improved throughout the 19th century by Latimer Clark and…
- Manufacturer Leeds and Northrup Company
- Subject Potentiometer, Leeds and Northrup Company
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Raymond Demskie 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, Demskie, Raymond
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Thomas Stauble and Andrew Tubby conducting destructive range test 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, Stauble, Thomas, Tubby, Andrew
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Edward Newmans clearing extractor tank 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, Newmans, Edward
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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
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Hubbie H. Hattaway operating acetylene cutting torch 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, Hattaway, Hubbie H.
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John Cloer at work in 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, Cloer, John
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Stan Fenelon and Clarence Darley examining 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, Darley, Clarence, Fenelon, Stan
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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