Ordnance industry; Gunpowder; Ordnance testing; Military officers
Lieutenant John A. Dahlgren, head of the U. S. Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, agrees to proof samples of DuPont's powder. The powder being sampled is for a shipment to Grinnell, Minturn and Company, which purchased gunpowder for the British military...
Ordnance industry; Gunpowder; Ordnance testing; Military officers
Lieutenant John A. Dahlgren, head of the U. S. Navy's Bureau of Ordnance, informs DuPont that there will be a delay in testing powder samples because of shad fishing on the Potomac River. The powder being tested is for a shipment to Grinnell,...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Textile industry; Rayon; War work; Ordnance industry;
Table of Contents: The rayon department; The third war year; Post-war locker packaging; Motion pictures that teach; DuPont announces a new and better blasting cap.
Correspondence; Circulars; Business & finance; Ordnance industry;
Circular from Solomon Turck, Vice-President of the Laflin & Rand Powder Company to the company's stockholders calling attention to circulars sent by five of the seven board of directors regarding the good state of the company. Turck, one of the two...
Ordnance industry; Business & finance; Price regulation;
Agreement between the American Manufacturing and Supply Company and nine powder companies including Repauno Chemical, Hercules Powder, Atlantic Dynamite, Lake Superior Powder, Giant Powder, California Powder, Safety Nitro Powder, Vulcan Powder, and...
Ordnance industry; Business enterprises; Meetings;
Meeting Minutes of the Repauno Chemcial Company from March 3, 1886 which includes letterhead noting William du Pont's position as President of the Company.
Lacoe discusses a gunpowder shipment. He also mentions the questionable loyalties of Maryland and the prospect of men from Pittston traveling to Delaware to help protect the powder yards.
