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Fence on Cruzen Ranch. Valley County, Idaho. AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) has painted out this fence as being an outstanding type for ranch use. It keeps out predators (wolves, etc.), the wire is stapled loosely to allow for expansion and contraction caused by temperature changes

Fence on Cruzen Ranch. Valley County, Idaho. AAA (Agricultural Adjustm...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Government discovers method to preserve film. (2) Expansion and contraction, like paper and other sheet materials made from cellulose, films expand as they take up moisture and contract as they lose it, and the extent of the change is different in the two directions of them. This may cause some distortion of the image, and therefore is of particular importance where the image must be true to scale, such as in aerial photography. C.O. Pope is shown with a type of expansiveity tester used and which was designed by the Bureau of Standards. Long strips of film are suspended under constant tension in the [cabinet?] in which the humidity is varied by means of [...] solutions. The change in length is indicated [...continuously?] on a scale by means of an optical-level arrangement, 7/8/38

Government discovers method to preserve film. (2) Expansion and contra...

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Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railway locomotive shops, Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R.

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train, railroad, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in shape. Santa Fe R.R.
Retiring a locomotive driver wheel, Shopton, Iowa. The tire is heated by means of gas until it can be slipped over the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place. Santa Fe R.R.
Longview, Texas to Arkansas state line. War emergency pipeline from Longview, Texas to Norris City, Illinois. Pipe primed but not yet wrapped. Notice slack to allow for contraction when oil starts flowing through

Longview, Texas to Arkansas state line. War emergency pipeline from Lo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway locomotive shops. The tire is heated until it expands sufficiently to be slipped onto the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place

Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Retiring a locomotive driver wheel i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Expansion & contraction. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Expansion & contraction. Book illustration from Library of Congress

A ludicrous contrast of two influential Democrats, the obese Alabama Representative Dixon Hall Lewis and gaunt "Globe" editor Francis Preston Blair. The artist comments upon the unlikely alliance established in... More

Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Retiring a locomotive driver wheel in the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway locomotive shops. The tire is heated until it expands sufficiently to be slipped onto the wheel. Contraction on cooling will hold it firmly in place

Shopton, near Fort Madison, Iowa. Retiring a locomotive driver wheel i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

No contraction. Contraction of the plain legal tenders, even at the rate now authorized by law ($4,000,000 a month) is likely to work mischief. [Washington, D. C.? 1866?].

No contraction. Contraction of the plain legal tenders, even at the ra...

Piece 1 is a Leaflet. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 11.

No contraction. Contraction of the plain legal tenders, even at the rate now authorized by law ($4,000,000 a month) is likely to work mischief. [Washington, D. C.? 1866?].

No contraction. Contraction of the plain legal tenders, even at the ra...

Piece 1 is a Leaflet. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 11.

No contraction. Contraction of the plain legal tenders, even at the rate now authorized by law ($4,000,000 a month) is likely to work mischief. [Washington, D. C.? 1866?].

No contraction. Contraction of the plain legal tenders, even at the ra...

Piece 1 is a Leaflet. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 11.

No contraction. Contraction of the plain legal tenders, even at the rate now authorized by law ($4,000,000 a month) is likely to work mischief. [Washington, D. C.? 1866?].

No contraction. Contraction of the plain legal tenders, even at the ra...

Piece 1 is a Leaflet. Page Order: Leaflet Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 205, Folder 11.