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Scotch machine, Washington, D.C., September 8. This machine, exhibited at the World Power Conference which is being held here, is devised so as to use every inch of matter contained in coal. The coal is put in the retort and heated to a temperature of 1832 degrees. From the smoke and gas, Tar, Ammonium Sulphite, sulphur, light oils and gas are derived and from the tar, medicines, aromatic oils, perfumes, dyes, and acids are derived. From the light oils, motor fuel is obtained. In short: this machine wastes nothing at all

Scotch machine, Washington, D.C., September 8. This machine, exhibited...

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Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tie treating plant. Black ties have just come out of the retort where they were treated for eight hours. Light colored ties are about to go into the retort

Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad...

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[A kiln or furnace with fire heating coal in a retort to the point of decomposition, the resulting gas passing through a pipe to a system of pipes used to illuminate the Boulton and Watt factory in Soho] / P. Broux.

[A kiln or furnace with fire heating coal in a retort to the point of ...

Illus. in: Les merveilles de la science, ou Description populaire des inventions modernes, / par Louis Figuier. Paris : Furne, Jouvet et cie, [1867]-1870. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks ... More

Crematory, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Retort

Crematory, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. Retort

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McCormick Group Mine, Mercury Retort, East slope of Buckskin Mountain, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, NV

McCormick Group Mine, Mercury Retort, East slope of Buckskin Mountain,...

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[Foundation for retort house, construction for Detroit City Gas Company]

[Foundation for retort house, construction for Detroit City Gas Compan...

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The retort brutal / W.E. Hill 1913.

The retort brutal / W.E. Hill 1913.

Illustration shows a young man and a young woman standing in a gallery of family portraits. Caption: "Here, in this gallery, are portraits of some of my ancestors." / "Humph! They evidently looked upon Eugenic... More

McCormick Group Mine, Mercury Retort, East slope of Buckskin Mountain, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, NV

McCormick Group Mine, Mercury Retort, East slope of Buckskin Mountain,...

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Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ties going into a retort at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tie treating plant

Albuquerque, New Mexico. Ties going into a retort at the Atchison, Top...

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

At the Santa Fe R.R. tie plant, Albuquerque, N[ew] Mex[ico]. The ties made of pine and fir, are seasoned for eight months. The steaming black ties in the center have just come from the retort where they have been impregnated with creosote for eight hours. This plant has a capacity of 100,000 ties per month; is currently producing 80,000

At the Santa Fe R.R. tie plant, Albuquerque, N[ew] Mex[ico]. The ties ...

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Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. Assistant retort

Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc., Nutley, New Jersey. Assistant retort

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Song. The Rebel's retort. Air- Cocachelunk

Song. The Rebel's retort. Air- Cocachelunk

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McCormick Group Mine, Mercury Retort, East slope of Buckskin Mountain, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, NV

McCormick Group Mine, Mercury Retort, East slope of Buckskin Mountain,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, excavation site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The retort - an hieroglyphic epistle from the Revd. Dr. [Whitefield] to Saml. [Foote] Esqr. / J Hill, invt. seul., British Cartoon Print

The retort - an hieroglyphic epistle from the Revd. Dr. [Whitefield] t...

A satirical letter, rendered in rebus form, supposedly from Evangelical Methodist minister Dr. George Whitefield to playwright Samuel Foote. In his 1760 play, "The Minor", Foote mimicked Dr. Whitefield, causing... More

Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad tie treating plant. Black ties have just come out of the retort where they were treated for eight hours. Light colored ties are about to go into the retort

Albuquerque, New Mexico. At the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Det[roit] City Gas Co., [foundation for retort house]

Det[roit] City Gas Co., [foundation for retort house]

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McCormick Group Mine, Mercury Retort, East slope of Buckskin Mountain, Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, NV

McCormick Group Mine, Mercury Retort, East slope of Buckskin Mountain,...

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