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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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Atomic Energy

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Description: Students and teacher in classroom demonstrating an experiment with atomic energy.
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Atomic Plant Demonstration

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Description: Elevated view of a demonstration of a nuclear reactor driven energy plant.
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Vote Recording Machine

Date: 1919
Description: Inventor, B.L. Boboroff, displays his vote recording device to members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Testing the International Transtar Semi

Date: 1969
Description: Color photograph of an engineer attaching a Transtar nameplate to an International semi-truck during testing.
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George Trayer with Plywood Panel

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: U.S. Forest Products engineer, George W. Trayer, in the laboratory with a plywood panel, newly developed to provide strength and durability in construction...
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Toledo Scale

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: A man reads a Toledo scale at the University of Wisconsin engineering building.
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Scales

Date: 07 30 1929
Description: A man reading a scale at the University of Wisconsin engineering building.
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Field Testing Experimental Cotton Picker

Date: 03 16 1927
Description: Engineering photograph of men field testing an experimental cotton picker pulled by a Farmall tractor.
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Limited Production Motor Cultivator

Date: 06 12 1917
Description: Engineering photograph of a man field testing a limited production motor cultivator. Original caption reads: "... the 1916 motor cultivator with the additi...
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Distillation Device

Date: 1950
Description: A man sets up a cone-shaped instrument designed to distill fresh water from salt water as he leans out of a small motor boat on the water.
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Experimental McCormick Motor Grain Binder

Date: 1919
Description: Man operating an experimental McCormick motor-driven grain binder in a field.
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Reverse Drive Tractor with Hay Rake

Date: 1921
Description: Man operating an experimental(?) reverse drive tractor with mounted hay rake in a field.
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Experimental Four-Wheel Rubber Tire Tractor

Date: 05 25 1954
Description: Man standing next to an experimental four wheel rubber tire tractor inside an International Harvester engineering(?) facility.
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Experimental MRS Special Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: Engineering photograph of a man sitting on an experimental International MRS Special tractor.
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Farmall F-22 Tractor

Date: 1938
Description: Man plowing a field with an experimental Farmall F-22 tractor.
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Experimental Tractor

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Description: A man sitting behind the wheel of an experimental tractor.
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Arnold Batson in Rubber Laboratory

Date: 1944
Description: Arnold Batson works with natural and synthetic rubbers in the rubber laboratory at the Gas Power Engineering Department. The original caption reads: "Exper...
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Micro-Photography in IH Engineering

Date: 1944
Description: William Koppa uses a microscope to examine a specimen of steel. The original caption reads: "Micro-photography is employed at International Harvester's Gas...
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Horse-Powered Saw

Date: 1925
Description: Photographic illustration of two men cutting wood with a saw powered by horses on a treadmill. The horses and treadmill were added by an artist's drawing.

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