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Analyzing Composition of Cement

Date: 09 20 1956
Description: Katharine Mather of the Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station checks a computer analysis of the composition of cement.
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Electronic Voltametric Apparatus

Date: 08 27 1982
Description: Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. provides an opportunity for a university engineering student to have hands-on experience and instruction from a company re...
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Tuskegee Institute Machine Shop

Date: 1902
Description: The machine shop at the "Normal School for Negroes" or the Tuskegee Institute in action. The students are diligently working at the machinery in the shop.
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Wind Leakage Testing

Date: 05 26 1926
Description: Machine for testing wind leakage through windows and doors, set up at Randall shops, and manufactured by Monarch Metal Products.
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Southern Wisconsin Sports Show

Date: 04 11 1946
Description: Bernie Larson shown operating an electric boat hoist, manufactured by Gordon Engineering, Madison, at the Madison Marine Service booth, at the Southern Wis...
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Door-Window Test Machine

Date: 12 20 1943
Description: Louis Graves uses a door-window regulator test machine in the truck engineering department. The original caption reads: "This door-window regulator test ma...
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Engineering Department

Date: 12 20 1943
Description: Elevated view of men working at machines in an International Harvester engineering shop. The original caption reads: "Scene from International Harvester Co...
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Consolidated War Work

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Strength test being performed by an employee of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Paper Company. The company developed a number of laminated plast...
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Plastics Laboratory

Date: 08 10 1944
Description: Laboratory of the Plastics Division of the Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids. The man on the left has been identified as chemist Jay Somers, ...
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Laminate Plastic Development

Date: 04 22 1944
Description: Employee of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Papers Company of Wisconsin Rapids contemplates a die for fabricating tapered paper-based plastic laminat...
Drawing

Diagram of Hydraulic System for O-4 Tractor

Date: 03 19 1947
Description: Diagram showing complete hydraulic system for the O-4 tractor.
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Clay Model of Truck

Date: 1951
Description: Side view of a full-size rendering of an International truck in clay. The model is located inside a garage or studio space. The model was likely made by a...
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Louisiana State University

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Description: A view of various machines arranged within the experimental mechanical laboratory at Louisiana State University. Caption reads: "Experimental Mechanical La...
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Female Marine Engineer

Date: 02 1945
Description: Private first class Ann D. Dozier, a refrigerating engineer from the United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve, posing for a photograph at the Mauna Loa R...
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Paper Cup Making Machine

Date: 10 18 1954
Description: Edwin Koch demonstrates the paper cup making machine he invented as a retirement project.
Drawing

Mr. Dibble's Machine

Date: 1827
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of a rig designed by Mr. Orange Dibble for removing rocks and other large debris from deep canal cuts.
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Machine Part

Date: 10 22 1927
Description: Illustration of a machine part.
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Machine Part

Date: 10 22 1927
Description: Illustration of a machine part. Includes a ruler below for sizing.
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Control Room of Test Cell For Gas Turbine Engines

Date: 1960
Description: Caption reads: "Control Room of Test Cell For Gas Turbine Engines Construction Equipment Eng. Dept." Behind the controls is a window, and set up in the roo...
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Heat and Power Laboratory

Date: 1947
Description: Steam turbines in the Heat and Power Lab in the Mechanical Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The lab has large windows an...

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