Just a few of the many types of yarn coned at rayon plants of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company. In the front row, left to right, are cones of 1,100 denier Super-Cordura high tenacity rayon yarn for tire cord, weighing four pounds; 50 denier bright...
First air express shipment in history of transportation consisting of five bolts of silk weighing 50 pounds was flown 65 miles in 71 minutes from Dayton to Columbus OH on Nov. 7 1910, lashed to the framework of an open cockpit Wright biplane....
Manufacturing Processes of Finishes- Automotive, 'Duco', Enamels, Lacquers, Paints
Weighing liquid ingredients in preparation for loading one of the roller mills in the manufacture of paint at the Philadelphia Plant of the DuPont Company.
A crane size chunk of titanium metal sponge weighing 2,500 pounds reflects growth in DuPont's production of the metal by 1953. World's first small scale commercial production of the metal was announce by DuPont in 1948. Maximum output then was ...
One of 36 streamlined steam locomotives and tenders built for the Government of India by the Baldwin Locomotive Works is hoisted on board the British-owned S.S. Peter Dal. Weighing 136 tons with their tenders, the units are specially blocked and...
An automatic weighing machine at left drops frozen airplane rivets, previously cooled to about 45 below zero Fahrenheit, into cellophane bags, which are then heat sealed by machine at right. They will now go to holding refrigerators, until called...
Weighing only 10 pounds, this portable roll film developer will process 100 feet of film in approximately 40 minutes. The entire housing, mounting plate and reel spindles are made of DuPont Lucite acrylic resin.
Weighing only 10 pounds, this portable roll film developer will process 100 feet of film in approximately 40 minutes. The entire housing, mounting plate and reel spindles are made of DuPont Lucite acrylic resin.
Automatic control of polymerization of acrylic rein is possible with these specially designed polymerization kettles at the DuPont Company's new plastics plant at Parkersburg, West Virginia. Automatic weighing and timing insure consistent product...
At wheel mill all ingredients-charcoal, sulfur and sodium nitrate-are grouped together by pair of wheels weighing 10 tons. For safety, the operator at Belin Works of DuPont Company leaves the building after charging the tub, as above.
Running off rayon yarn for weighing to determine denier (weight) at the Richmond, Virginia plant of the Rayon Division of E.I du Pont Nemours & Company.
Text from back of image: "Successful tests were conducted recently at the Farborough Experimental Station, Hampshire, England, with a new land catapult, the only device of its kind in the world. A giant bombing plane, weighing nine tons was...
Text from back of image: "The first International Challenge Tour for Light Planes, the biggest light plane contest ever held, started from Orly, near Paris yesterday (Wed). After preliminary tests for folding, weight, engine-starting, etc., the...
