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| # | Title | Date(s) | Contributor(s) | Description | Collection ID | Hagley ID | Collection |
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| 1 | Ultracentrifuge in laboratory of DuPont's Chemical Department | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
Ultracentrifuge in laboratory of DuPont's Chemical Department at the company's Experimental Station rotates solutions at such high speeds as to exert a centrifugal force 270,000 times the force of gravity. By use of this instrument, the physical chemist is able to determine the weight of molecules of various materials. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4453 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 2 | Ultracentrifuge at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Experimental Station | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
The ultracentrifuge used at the Experimental Station to determine molecular weights of colloidal materials such as proteins, cellulose and rubber. The upper half of the housing is shown at the top of the picture. Observations are made through the 'window' in the center of this section of the housing. The rotor, with cell at center top to hold material being studied, is shown in place for operation. Rock quartz windows in either end admit light projected from the rear and through the windows.... Show moreThe ultracentrifuge used at the Experimental Station to determine molecular weights of colloidal materials such as proteins, cellulose and rubber. The upper half of the housing is shown at the top of the picture. Observations are made through the 'window' in the center of this section of the housing. The rotor, with cell at center top to hold material being studied, is shown in place for operation. Rock quartz windows in either end admit light projected from the rear and through the windows. One of the special bearings is shown also. The ultracentrifuge when spinning at the rate of 60,000 revolutions a minute exerts a force equal to 250,000 times that of gravity. If gravity pulled as hard as this machine, a pound would weigh 125 tons. Show less |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4425 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 3 | Two man laboratory at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Experimental Station | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
The two man lab is the basic research facility in the new buildings of the DuPont Company's Experimental Station. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4435 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 4 | Toxicological Laboratory of the Haskell Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) | DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_3903 | DuPont Product Information photographs | |
| 5 | Toxicological Laboratory of the Haskell Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) | DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_3901 | DuPont Product Information photographs | |
| 6 | Toxicological Laboratory of the Haskell Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) | DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_3902 | DuPont Product Information photographs | |
| 7 | Testing motor fuels at DuPont's Petroleum Laboratory | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
In an effort to find out more about motor fuels, lubricant and engine performance, a test car is driven for miles on an instrumented treadmill under simulated road conditions at DuPont's Petroleum Laboratory. The treadmill can be tilted to any desired grade and a wide tunnel in the background simulates the windage on a moving car. In other tests, a fleet of cars and trucks are driven thousands of miles under actual road conditions. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1974341_3672 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 8 | Test tubes, likely at Carney's Point | 1890/1910, 1890, 1910 | Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner) | Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238) | 1972238_134 | Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection | |
| 9 | Test tubes, likely at Carney's Point | 1890/1910, 1890, 1910 | Du Pont, Edmond, 1906-1996 (former owner) | Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection (Accession 1972.238) | 1972238_133 | Edmond Rhett du Pont photograph collection | |
| 10 | Test run of new experimental fibers equipment | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
Test runs of new experimental fibers are made on this equipment at the Carothers Laboratory at the Experimental Station. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4463 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 11 | Test for determining the amount of tetraethyl lead in gasoline | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
This test for determining the amount of tetraethyl lead in gasoline is only one of many tests run regularly by DuPont as part of its research to solve fuel and lubricant problems at the Petroleum Laboratory, Deepwater Point, New Jersey. Results of research are far reaching. Every improvement in quality means that purchasers receive a better product. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1974341_3671 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 12 | Technician uses cathode ray oscillograph | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
Costly lab gadgets explore and test in contingent effort to build better quality into products. Here, a technician uses a radar like cathode ray oscillograph, the wavy light steaks measuring precisely the split second brining time of a blasting cap. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4445 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 13 | Synthetic lilac perfume | 1937-09 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator), Duryea, Drix (photographer) |
Large bottles of terpineol, the chief constituent of synthetic lilac perfume. Reflected in the vessels of crystal clear oil are the large drums of the raw materials for perfume manufacture. Until the lilac odor was synthesized-one of the outstanding achievements of the chemical laboratory in perfumery- there was no lilac perfume, for no satisfactory mean has ever been found of extracting this natural oil. Moreover, there is no known natural extract so sweet or so peculiarly powerful in odor... Show moreLarge bottles of terpineol, the chief constituent of synthetic lilac perfume. Reflected in the vessels of crystal clear oil are the large drums of the raw materials for perfume manufacture. Until the lilac odor was synthesized-one of the outstanding achievements of the chemical laboratory in perfumery- there was no lilac perfume, for no satisfactory mean has ever been found of extracting this natural oil. Moreover, there is no known natural extract so sweet or so peculiarly powerful in odor as synthetic lilac. Chemistry converts volatile turpentine into fragrant lilac rivaling natural's illusive floral fragrances. Show less |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_0647 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 14 | Special glass apparatus to determine sulfur in liquid samples | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
Assemblies of glassware of special and complex design are frequently necessary for the analysis of chemical compounds in the development of new and improved products. Here a chemist and laboratory assistant at the Experimental Station set up special glass apparatus to determine sulfur in liquid samples. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4414 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 15 | Semi-works at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Experimental Station | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
Small scale plants called 'semi-works' like this one at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station are vital tools in scaling new processes from test tube to full plant size. The semi-works is a standard step in research to prove out laboratory studies and obtain a sufficient amount of experimental product for further testing in the field. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4469 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 16 | Section of chemical store room, Jackson Laboratory at Deepwater Point, New Jersey | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) | DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4422 | DuPont Product Information photographs | |
| 17 | Research laboratory at the Experimental Station | 1935-11-04 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) | DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4467 | DuPont Product Information photographs | |
| 18 | Research chemist at work in DuPont laboratory | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
Research chemists are engaged in a quest that never ends, they are continually searching for new and better products and for ways of improving old ones. Out of laboratories such as the one pictured here come chemical discoveries that make life easier happier and more interesting for millions. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4426 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 19 | Reactor used in the development of a successful nylon salt process | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) | DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4455 | DuPont Product Information photographs | |
| 20 | Quartz spectrograph | 1950/1959, 1950, 1959 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) | DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4538 | DuPont Product Information photographs | |
| 21 | Purifying gases in laboratory at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Experimental Station | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
At the Experimental Station, DuPont carries out fundamental research as a vital part of its scientific activities. This type of research is conducted to uncover new knowledge without regard to specific commercial objectives. Here in a fundamental research study a chemist uses a complex vacuum train of glass apparatus to purify gases for subsequent study in the gaseous phase. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4432 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 22 | Process Development Building of the Jackson Lab | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
In the Process Development Building of the Jackson Lab, there are small scale replicas of many types of equipment used for a wide variety of chemicals and chemical products. They are used by DuPont to prove the practicability of laboratory developed processes before full scale plant equipment is built. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4444 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 23 | Preparing a monomer for polymerization study | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
In a fundamental research project, a scientist in the Central Research Department at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station, prepares a monomer that will later be used in a polymerization study. One of the components boils at 29 degrees below zero and must be cooled to keep it in liquid form. This causes the frost or ice formation on the tubes in the picture. The coolant is a mixture of dry ice and acetone. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_3438 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 24 | Organic chemistry research laboratory at E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Experimental Station | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
The research lab is the heart of the modern chemical industry. Large sums of money are annually spent for research. Many trained men are employed. The chemical operations demand the utmost care and are frequently quite complex. This image shows a typical set up in an organic research lab at the Experimental Station. The apparatus shown here is designed for carrying out distillations whereby various organic materials are separated and purified. |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4456 | DuPont Product Information photographs |
| 25 | An ordinary egg, exploded by a bullet, is frozen in space by a high speed camera | 1955 | E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (originator) |
Speed that splinters seconds into millionths is essential elements in tools used in chemical research. Here an ordinary egg, exploded by a bullet, is frozen in space by a high speed camera. The electronic camera which caught this dramatic picture is but one of many recently developed laboratory tools at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station which give research workers heretofore unobtainable insight into the deepest secrets of nature. This new knowledge, backed up by experience and modern... Show moreSpeed that splinters seconds into millionths is essential elements in tools used in chemical research. Here an ordinary egg, exploded by a bullet, is frozen in space by a high speed camera. The electronic camera which caught this dramatic picture is but one of many recently developed laboratory tools at the DuPont Company's Experimental Station which give research workers heretofore unobtainable insight into the deepest secrets of nature. This new knowledge, backed up by experience and modern facilities, is applied to filling human wants and needs. Show less |
DuPont Company Product Information photographs (Accession 1972.341) | 1972341_4446 | DuPont Product Information photographs |