TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Wilbur Myers testing cracking and dehydrogenation apparatus at Dow Plastics Production Laboratory ID - 7p88ch10s AU - Dow Chemical Company DA - 1956/06/13/ YR - 1956 AV - Dow Chemical Company Historical Image Collection, Box 8, Folder Plants--Plastics Production Laboratory VL - Dow Chemical Company Historical Image Collection, Box 8, Folder Plants--Plastics Production Laboratory AN - Dow Chemical Company Historical Image Collection, Box 8, Folder Plants--Plastics Production Laboratory UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/7p88ch10s AB - General view of Wilbur Myers testing large-scale cracking and dehydrogenation processes on an apparatus in the Dow Chemical Company's Plastics Production Laboratory. Established in 1953 as an outgrowth of Dow's Physical Research Laboratory, the Plastics Production Laboratory was devoted to improving plastic processes and products. The facility boasted laboratory areas dedicated to research in physical chemistry, catalytic and high temperature reactions, physical development, small scale polymers and co-polymers, high polymer studies, purification methods, and instrumentation, as well a semi-plant area. KW - Plastics KW - Employees KW - Industries KW - Laboratories KW - Cracking process KW - Dow Chemical Company KW - Dehydrogenation KW - Scientific apparatus and instruments KW - Polymers KW - Myers, Wilbur LA - ER -