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Trade catalogs from Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Object Details

Company Name
Union Carbide and Carbon Corp.
Related companies
Union Carbide Corp. ; Battery Products Div. ; United States Vanadium Co. (div.) ; Union Carbide Consumer Products Co. (div.) ; Bakelite Corp. (unit) ; Haynes Stellite Co. (unit) ; National Carbon Co., Inc. (unit) ; Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. (unit) ; Linde Co. (unit) ; Linde Air Products Co. (unit) ; Oxweld Acetylene Co. (unit) ; Electro Metallurgical Co. (unit) ; Union Carbide & Carbon Laboratories, Inc. ; National Carbide Sales Co. ; Food Products Div. ; Silicones Div. ; Oxweld Railroad Service Co. (unit) ; Materials Systems Div. ; Union Carbide Metals Co.
1900s
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_25564
Type of material
Trade catalogs
Trade literature
Notes content
one container OVERSIZE ; Battery Products Div. - "Eveready" and "Energizer" batteries, flashlights, searchlights. National Carbon Co., Inc. - press kit about the "Colorado Plateau Uranium Mining Industry." Union Carbide Consumer Products Co. - "Eveready" and "Mini-Mox" products. Bakelite Corp. - plastics and "vinylite" plastics. Haynes Stellite Co. - metal cutting tools, high-strength alloys for corrosion resistance, cast metal parts, self-sharpening sugar mill knives, "Hascrome," and "Hastelloy." National Carbon Co., Inc. - carbon and graphite products, corrosion resistant heat exchange equipment, ground anodes, "Karbate." Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp. - synthetic organic chemicals, organic acids, emulsions, "Vinylite" plastic sheet and sheeting, "Vinylite" resins, ethers and oxides, "Flexol" plasticizers. Linde Air Products Co. - "Oxweld" welding rods and other welding equipment; Welding goggles ; safety equipment ; protective eyewear ; "Prest-O-Lite" plumber's acetylene torch; other "Prest-O-Lite" torches; "Prest-O-Lite" leak detector; "Prestolite"; "oxwelded" piping; "Fabrication of Welded Piping Designs"; "Recommended Practices for Gas Cutting of Structural Steel"; "Purox" torch; "Oxwelded Roof Trusses"; "Design Standards for Oxwelded Steel and Wrought Iron Piping"; welding and machine maintenance; "Heliarc HW-20" torch; "Linde Tips" company publication; chromium steels; "Steel Hard-Facing Procedure"; "Oxweld" portable tensile testing machine; bronze-welding; carbide residue; "The Testing and Qualification of Welders"; oxygen lance; "Unionmelt" electric welding; "The Oxwelder's Handbook"; airplane fuselage welding; "Duralumin"; "specialty gases", gas containers, flow regulators, and other equipment; one oversized record for "Mechanized Oxy-Acetylene Conditioning of Steel". Oxweld Acetylene Co. - welding and cutting equipment. Electro Metallurgical Co. - "Electromet" ferro-alloys & metals, "Cromansil" steel, stainless steels, briquetted alloys, etc. Food Products Div. - processed meats. Silicones Div. - silicone products. Oxweld Railroad Service Co. - welding and cutting apparatus and supplies. Materials Systems Div. - systems for the chemical process industry. Union Carbide Metals Co. - chromium-nickel-manganese stainless steels. Semiconductor products & solid state operational amplifiers.
Includes
Trade catalog, price lists, manual and histories
Black and white images
Color images
Physical description
652 pieces; 18 boxes
Place
Kokomo, Indiana, United States
Location
Trade Literature at the American History Museum Library
Collection
Smithsonian Libraries Trade Literature Collections
Smithsonian Libraries
Topic (Romaine term)
Aviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)
Brass; bronze and specialty metals
Chemicals and chemical products
Electrical apparatus and equipment
Foods and beverage products and processing equipment (including brewing; distilleries; beer; wine; etc.)
Industrial equipment or mechanical machinery (including supplies and components)
Iron and steel products (castings; sheet steel; steel wire; wire rope; pig iron and structural steel products )
Lighting (electric; gas; candle; oil; etc.)
Machine tools and metalworking equipment
Materials handling equipment (includes barrels; bottling and filling; casters; chains; etc.)
Mills and milling supplies
Mining machinery; equipment and supplies
Plastics and rubber
Topic
Aeronautics
Airplanes
Airships
Balloons
Barrels
Beverage industry
Bottling
Brass
Bronze
Candles
Chemicals
Distilleries
Electric apparatus and appliances
Food industry and trade
Industrial equipment
Iron industry and trade
Lamps
Lighting
Machine-tools
Machinery
Metal-working machinery
Metals
Milling machinery
Mining machinery industry
Plastics industry and trade
Rubber industry and trade
Language
English
Record ID
SILNMAHTL_25564
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0

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