Nitromethane
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Commercial Solvents Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: 2005-026-001
Abstract
Correspondence, patents, publications, notes, production plans, proposals, memos, reports, and data belonging to the Commercial Solvents Corporation (CSC), as well as the personal files of Richard S. Egly, CSC’s Associate Scientific Director, and Emory E. Toops, Jr., a physical chemist in CSC’s Technical Development Department. The collection deals with the production of nitroparaffins and nitroparaffin derivatives, an area in which Commercial Solvents Corporation was preeminent.
Dates:
1924-1985; Majority of material found within 1938-1981
Found in:
Science History Institute Archives
Photographs from the Records of the Commercial Solvent Corporation
Collection
Identifier: 2005-026-002
Abstract
Print photographs and scrapbook pages documenting the Commercial Solvents Corporation's nitroparaffin plant, explosions, tests for shipping nitromethane, and portraits of CSC employee Richard S. Egly.
Dates:
1942-1976; Majority of material found within 1958-1976
Found in:
Science History Institute Archives