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...James River to succor those who had settled at a point where the Appomattox flows into the James. For nearly three centuries thereafter the name of Hopewell had no fame. In October 1914 the du Pont company got an order from the French Government to manufacture nitrocellulose for smokeless powder. The No. 1 U. S. munitions concern built a huge nitrocellulose plant and a new town at Hopewell which before the Armistice had become a throbbing city of 40,000 souls. After the Armistice the du Pont plant was dismantled. Hopewell was again about to fade off the map when...
...Brown was afraid of rain, which is likely to turn exposed fossils into meaningless brown powder. In sizzling heat that reached a 140° peak, the diggers dug drainage ditches, got tarpaulins and blankets ready, rushed work on a seven-mile road to the main highway...
...hundred yards from where the Bordens paddled in is a Turkish powder factory. A Turkish sentry strolled up accompanied by a soldier. They collared Professor Borden and took from him $44. The Bordens scuttled to their rubber boat and paddled away. Soon they struck a sand bar and five Turkish soldiers waded out to nab them. The soldiers took the rest of Professor Borden's money, marched them to a guardhouse where they tore off Mrs. Borden's outer clothing...
...concrete block the size of a brick was reduced to powder...
...conditioners for home and office are comparatively new. Industrial air conditioning was used during the War when munition makers found it advisable to keep their plants at medium humidity while making powder for shrapnel shells. Rayon manufacturers are heavy users of air conditioning because rayon is highly sensitive to moisture at every stage of manufacture. Big candy makers use conditioners to keep the air dry since chocolate becomes dull and grey, loses its smooth dark lustre when exposed to moisture. Air conditioners for factories, theatres, stores are almost in variably basement installations where the air is cooled and washed...