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This digital collection features a broad spectrum of materials related to water quality, testing, and analysis, including advertisements, museum objects, oral history interviews, photographs, and print materials. Other subjects represented in the collection include distillation and filtration, water-power, water-hardness and softening, and the extraction of magnesium from seawater.

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  • Unknown 4

  • Corporations132
  • Machinery124
  • Chemical industry123
  • Water purification chemicals industry97
  • Dearborn Chemical Company95
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  • Ramelli, Agostino, 1531-approximately 1600112
  • Dearborn Chemical Company96
  • Dow Chemical Company26
  • C. & C. Photo Service21
  • Whipple, George Chandler, 1866-192421
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  • Photographs115
  • Engravings114
  • Rare books114
  • Illustrations30
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  • Image315
  • Text81
  • Sound8
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  • Activated carbon1
  • Anion-exchange resin1
  • Halogenated resin1
  • Nylon1
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  • France--Paris112
  • Illinois--Chicago87
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  • English78
  • German3
  • French1

  • Public Domain Mark 1.0171
  • No Known Copyright110
  • No Copyright - United States32
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  • Library165
  • Archives158
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  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Penelope A. Fenner-Crisp

    • 2012-Apr-03 – 2012-Apr-04

    Penelope Fenner-Crisp grew up in the suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of two children. Her father changed jobs frequently; her mother was a housewife until Fenner-Crisp was nearly through high school. The family all…

    • Interviewee Fenner-Crisp, Penelope A., 1939-
    • Interviewer Roberts, Jody A., Hunter-Lascoskie, Sarah L.
    • Subject Fenner-Crisp, Penelope A., 1939-, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Neurotoxic agents, Women in Science & Engineering (Organization), Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (United States), Pesticides, Hazardous substances, Design for the Environment Program (U.S.), Chemicals--Law and legislation, Women in science, Toxicologists, Drinking water, Drinking water--Contamination
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with James Feeney

    • 2014-Mar-07

    James Feeney grew up in Philadelphia and earned degrees in chemical engineering and biological sciences. He became a remedial project manager for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Ambler asbestos piles…

    • Interviewee Feeney, James J.
    • Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
    • Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
    • Subject Asbestos, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis--Research, Community development--Environmental aspects, Environmental sciences, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Feeney, James, 1969-, Waterways, Water quality
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Robert Adams

    • 2013-Nov-22

    Robert Adams grew up in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania, always interested in the outdoors. As a student at the Ambler campus of Temple University with a major in urban studies and environmental science, he became familiar with…

    • Interviewee Adams, Robert, 1953-
    • Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
    • Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
    • Subject Adams, Robert, 1953-, Pennsylvania--Ambler, Asbestos, Asbestosis, Asbestosis--Research, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Watersheds, Water quality
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Susan Curry

    • 2013-Dec-20

    Susan Curry moved to Ambler, Pennsylvania in 1998. Wanting to live sustainably, she joined Alliance for a Sustainable Future, took a master's degree in environmental studies and psychology, and joined the newly founded…

    • Interviewee Curry, Susan M.
    • Interviewer Berry, Lee Sullivan
    • Sponsor National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
    • Subject Women in science, Asbestos, Environmental sciences, Community development--Environmental aspects, Asbestos abatement, Asbestos--Environmental aspects, Asbestos--Health aspects, Asbestosis--Research, Curry, Susan, Water quality, Water--Pollution
  • Publications, Illustrations

    Figure 90. Machinery for Filling Bottles with Artificial Mineral Waters

    • Part of Chemistry, Developed by Facts and Principles Drawn Chiefly from the Non-Metals
    • 1884

    Color plate illustration depicting a man and young boy operating machinery used to fill bottles with artificial mineral waters.

    This plate is from John Howard Appleton's (1844-1930) Chemistry, Developed by Facts and…

    • Author Appleton, John Howard, 1844-1930
    • Publisher Providence Lithograph Company
    • Subject Chemistry, Textbooks, Science--Study and teaching, Scientific illustration, Mineral waters, Mineral water industry, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Negatives (Photographs), Photographs

    Dedication of Dow sea-water conversion plant

    • 1961-Jun-21

    Group photograph depicting United States President John F. Kennedy (center) pushing a button to activate the nation's first salt-water conversion plant located at the Dow Chemical Company facility in Freeport, Texas.…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Chemical industry, Presidents, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, Doan, Leland I., Beutel, A.P., Seawater, Water, Saline water conversion plants
  • Publications, Illustrations

    Seltzer-water Manufactory

    • Part of Wonders of electricity and the elements, being a popular account of modern electrical and magnetic discoveries, magnetism and electric machines, the electric telegraph and the electric light, and the metal bases, salt, and acids
    • 1870 – 1900

    Illustration depicting the manufacture of seltzer or soda water by use of a wheel to force gas into bottled water.

    • Author Ward, Lock & Co.
    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Carbonated beverages, Machinery, Selters water
  • 140 items
    Manuscripts

    Laboratory notes taken by Clara Esther Hartley

    • 1895 – 1896

    Laboratory notebook used by Clara Esther Hartley during a high school-level chemistry class in Troy, Ohio. The notebook details approximately 115 experiments performed by Hartley, ranging from fundamental investigations…

    • Creator Of Work Hartley, Clara Esther
    • Subject Chemistry, Women in science, Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Laboratory notebooks, Water quality, High school students, Hartley, Clara Esther, Troy High School
  • Photograph of Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow
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    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow

    • 2002-Jul-20 (First session)
    • 2003-Oct-02 (Second session)
    • 2004-Feb-08 (Third session)

    Kathryn C. Hach-Darrow begins the interview with anecdotes of Clifford C. Hach as a young, inquisitive child growing up on a farm and the effects of the Great Depression on the Hach family. Despite financial…

    • Interviewee Hach-Darrow, Kathryn C., 1922-2020
    • Interviewer Thackray, Arnold, 1939-, Daemmrich, Arthur
    • Subject Women in science, Hach-Darrow, Kathryn C., 1922-2020, Couple-owned business enterprises, Water--Analysis, Businesswomen, Women-owned business enterprises, Water--Hardness
  • Publications, Illustrations

    Water

    • Part of The Grasselli Chemical Company catalog
    • Circa 1900

    Allegorical illustration of a woman resting on rocks jutting out of water representing the element of water.

    This illustration comes from the chemical catalog for the Grasselli Chemical Company in Cleveland, Ohio. It…

    • Author Grasselli Chemical Company
    • Publisher A. C. Rogers Company
    • Artist Crittenden, C. H.
    • Subject Grasselli Chemical Company, Chemicals, Chemical industry, Corporations, Art nouveau, Symbolism in art, Water
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    Advertisement for Dow Magnesium

    • 1943-Apr

    Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of magnesium from the sea while…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, World War (1939-1945), Seawater
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    America's Only Unlimited Source of Metal

    • 1947-Mar-22

    Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company's Magnesium Division. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of Dowmetal magnesium from the sea. The accompanying text…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Seawater
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    America's Unlimited Source of Magnesium

    • 1942-Apr

    Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of two ships floating on a cube of seawater with a view of the sea…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, World War (1939-1945), Seawater
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    First Production of Magnesium Metal from the Sea!

    • Recording an epoch-making achievement in chemical engineering
    • 1941

    Color print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features waves moving across the sea, with accompanying text commemorating Dow's production…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Seawater
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    From the Sea...A New and More Useful Treasure!

    • Advertisement for Dow Magnesium
    • 1941

    Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts a group of pirates digging for buried treasure, with accompanying text summarizing Dow's…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Pirates, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, World War (1939-1945), Seawater
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    Advertisement for Dow Magnesium

    • 1943

    Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of magnesium from the sea while…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, World War (1939-1945), Seawater
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    The Birth of Wings from the Sea

    • 1943

    Color print advertisement for magnesium alloys manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of a hand lifting a winged ingot of magnesium from the sea, as well…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, World War (1939-1945), Water
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    The Case of the Missing Ring

    • Advertisement for Dow Chemicals
    • 1951

    Color print advertisement for ion exchange resins manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company for water purification and other uses. The advertisement depicts a mother and son peering into a bathtub. The…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Water--Softening, Water--Softening--Equipment and supplies, Water--Hardness, Women in advertising, Children in advertising
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    The Briny Deep...in the "Heart" of Texas

    • Advertisement for Dow Chemicals Texas Division
    • 1945

    Color print advertisement for the Texas Division of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an outline of the state of Texas with a cube of seawater rising from the center. The accompanying text details the…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Advertising, Advertising, Industrial, Magnesium, Magnesium industry and trade, World War (1939-1945), Seawater
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    9 Billion Pounds in Every Cubic Mile of Sea Water

    • 1942-Mar-16

    Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of seawater, with accompanying text detailing the history of Dow…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Magnesium, Magnesium alloys, Magnesium industry and trade, Seawater
  • Publications

    Example of a chemical change using quicklime and water

    • Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
    • 1909

    Entitled "A Simple Chemical Change," photographic reproduction depicts a lump of quicklime in the top photograph with the middle photograph exhibiting steam emitting from the lump as a result of the addition of water. …

    • Author Philip, James Charles
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Chemical reactions, Textbooks, Water, Lime
  • Publications

    Luray Caverns Ballroom of stalactites

    • Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
    • 1909

    Entitled "A Wonderful Ceiling," photographic reproduction depicts the Ballroom of stalactites found within the Luray Caverns in Luray, Virginia. Accompanying text describes how stalactites are formed by chalk-filled…

    • Author Philip, James Charles
    • Creator Of Work James, C. H.
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Stalactites and stalagmites, Chalk, Carbon dioxide, Caves, Water, Virginia--Luray Caverns, Textbooks
  • Publications

    Stalactites and stalagmites exhibiting prolonged chemical action

    • Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
    • 1909

    Entitled "A Wonderful Result of Prolonged Chemical Action," photographic reproduction depicts stalactites and stalagmites in the caves at Cheddar, Somerset, England. Accompanying text describes how the growths are a…

    • Author Philip, James Charles
    • Creator Of Work Photo Frith
    • Subject Science--Study and teaching, England--Cheddar, Chemistry, Stalactites and stalagmites, Chalk, Chemical reactions, Textbooks, Water, Limestone
  • Publications

    Water pipelines for the British Aluminum Company

    • Part of The Romance of Modern Chemistry
    • 1909

    Entitled "A Striking Feature of Modern Aluminum Works," photographic reproduction depicts water pipelines traversing a hillside in Kinlochleven in Argyllshire, Scotland. Accompanying text states how water power is used…

    • Author Philip, James Charles
    • Creator Of Work British Aluminium Company
    • Subject Aluminum, Science--Study and teaching, Chemistry, Textbooks, Aluminum plants, British Aluminium Company, Water, Water-power
  • Maps, Publications

    Commonwealth of Massachusetts metropolitan water district/Wachusett, Sudbury and Cochituate watersheds

    • Part of The Science of Common Things; a Textbook of General Science
    • 1922

    Map illustrating the Wachusett, Sudbury and Cochituate watersheds with the reservoirs, aqueducts and pipe pines that supply water to Boston, Massachusetts. Caption reads "This is one of the greatest water systems of the…

    • Author Tower, Samuel Francis
    • Publisher D.C. Heath and Company
    • Subject Science--Experiments, Science--Study and teaching, Middle school education, Education, Secondary, Science, Textbooks, Watersheds
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