SOURCES OF PROJECT MATERIAL
The method followed by high-school teachers of Oakland, California, in maluuting and securing material for use in Projects is described. A list with comments indicating relative mlues of items i s attached. The chemistry teachers of the public high schools of Oakland, California, tend to stress project work in the second semester. In working out projects students have written to various industrial firms, obtaining pamphlets, wall charts, samples of products, etc. The making of a new course of study offered an opportunity to systematize this work. Teachers felt that better results would be obtained if this source material was available and on hand in the cl&sroom ahead of time, filed in pamphlet cases. The attached list is a record of the final result, now in use in the various high schools. From time to time, lists of firms have been published. The main defects of these are, first, obsolescence, and second, lack of evaluation of items. We first sent out over three hundred letters, asking the cooperation of industry in the task. The addresses of these firms were secured from the advertising pages of current technical and popular magazines. A flood of material was the result, upward of a thousand items being sent to us. This wealth of material forced a process of elimination. Two members of the committee first rejected all mkterial which was obviously not usable. The remainder was then classified by tlf?ee other members, who cut the volume of material again in half. Many items were rejected because they were too advanced in treatment to be suitable for high-school use. Most of the items were pamphlets, whose titles were placed in quotation. marks. "Sheet Iron-A Primer" was found to be so far superior to the textbook treatment that we asked for, and obtained, 600 copies, so that each of the eight high schools could use it as a supplementary text. Where material was desired for project work only, four copies per school were furnished. Material Superior to Textbook Treatment, to Be Used in All Classes Addrcrr
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Central Alloy Steel Co. Dept. 39 Massillon, Ohio
"Sheet Iran-A
Primer"
Goodyear Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio
"The Story of Goodyear," Dec., 1926, *sue of "Goodyear News"
A very good elementary treatise on production of sheet steel from the ore to finished product. Valuable description of process of manufacturing tires and other rubber gwds.
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Material Superior to Textbook Treatment, for Class Use When Desired Address
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Aluminum Goods Mfg. Co. Manitowoc, Wisconsin American Gas Association 420 Lexington Ave. New York. N. Y. American Rolling Mill Co. Middletown, Ohio American Sheet & Tin Plate Company Frick Building Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlas Portland Cement Co. 25 Broadwav New York, N. Y. International Nickel Co. 67 Wall St. New York, N. Y. Texas Gulf Sulfur Co. 41 East 42nd St. New York, N. Y. Udylite Process Co. 3220 Bellewe Ave. Detroit, Mich. U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co. 110 West 42nd Street New York, N. Y.
"Making the Mirro Calonial Tea Kettle" "GasMauufacturcd Natural"
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"The Development and Service of Armco I n m t ' Iron" "The Evolution of a Tin Can"
"The Manufacture Portland Cement"
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"Where M o n e l M e t a l Shines"
Includc; polished specimen of Monel metal useful as a mirror.
"Mining of Sulfur"
"Udylite" E
Chart
Shows uses of alcohol
Exhibit Material (one set per school or classroom) Address
Allegheny Steel Co. Brackenridge, Pa. American Bauxite Co. Pittsburgh. Pa. American Hard Rubber Co. 11 Mercer Street New York, N. Y. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company Chemical Products Division Parliu, N. J. Hammer Dry Plate Co. Ohio Ave. and Miami St. St. Louis, Mo.
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Allegheny Metal Aluminum ores and aluminum "The Making of Ace Combs"
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A rnst-resistant allby of iron and fm-chrome.
Shows steps in manufacture of e b o n i t e combs.
Set of glass-stoppered bottles
Illustrates manufacture of Duco from linters.
Photographs
Shows various grades and surfaces of developing out paper.
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50 to 200 mesh of copper,
Newark Wire Cloth Co. Newark, N. J.
Samples wire doth
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. Advertising Dept. 1618 Frick Bldg. Pittsburgh, Pa. Powhatan Mining Corp. Wmdlawn, Baltimore, Md. Procter & Gamble Educational Dept. Cincinnati. Ohio
Three pieces plate glass ingredients, weight four ~aunds
Tubize Artificial Silk Co. of America 303 Fifth Ave. New York, N. Y. United States Gypsum Co. 300 West Adams St. Chicago, Ill. Worcester Salt Co. 71 and 73 Murray Street New York, N. Y.
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brass, nickel, bronze, and Monel metal. Furnished gratis, recipient t o pay postage.
Samples of n u d e and finished asbestos "Dr. Bonser's Chart"
Sample hanks of "Tubize"
Heavy cardboard pictures, showing ingre. dients and manufacture of I v m soap. A Chardonnet process rayon.
Samples g y p s u m wall hoard and insulating materials Shows various stages of purification.
Bottles of salt
Selected References, for Class Reports by Individuals A ddmss
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Aluminum Bronze Manufactures Institute 810 Eighteenth Street Washington, D. C. Aluminum Co. of America Pittsburgh, Pa. Aluminum Cooking Utensil Co. New Kensington, Pa. American - LaFrance & Foamite Corporation Elmira, N. Y. American - LaFrance & Foamite Corporation Utica,,N. Y. American Rolling Mill Co. Middletown, Ohio American Solvents & Chemical Corporation New York, N. Y.
"Technical Idonnation on Aluminum Bronze"
"Strong Aluminum Alloys" "The Aluminum Age"
"Dipping Dangers" "Correct P r o t e c t i o n against Fire" "Suggestions for Conducting Foamite Demonstration" "The Story of Armco"
Industrial Alcohol Solvents
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American Doucil Co Philadelphia. Pa. Armour Fertilizer Works 111 W. Jackson Blvd. Chicago, IU. Armstrong Cork Co. Pittsburgh. Pa. Baker & Co., Inc. 54 Austin Street Newark, N. J.
Barnstead Still & Sterilizer Company 2 Lanesville Terrace Forest Hills, Boston, Mass Bureau of Mines Washingon, D. C.
Calif. & Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corporation Matson Bldg. 215 Market Street San Francisco, Calif. Calarizing Company Pittsburgh, Pa. Calumet Baking Powder Co. Chicago, Ill.
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"Doucil" "Through a Modern Fertilizer Plant" Cork-Its
Origin and Uses
"Fine Wires" "Platinum as a Catalyst" "Data Concerninrr - Platinum" "The Alchemistic Svmhols" "The Platinum Metals and Their Alloys" "Mirror Silvering and Barnstead Stills"
"Publications of the Bureau of Mines" "Index of Bureau of Mines Publications" "Something about Sugar" "Manufacture of Refined Cane Sugar"
"Calite Alloys"
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"S. A. S." "The Romance of Baking Powder" "Aluminum & Phosphates in Foods"
Is sodium aluminum sulfate alum? What acid should beused in baking powders? Pictures of foods which contain above, as carrots, cherries, barianas, etc.
"Needs of the Body"
Celite Products Co. 1320 S. Hope Street Los Angeles, Calif.
"Celite" for Concrete
"Celite Filter-Aids" Celotex Company (i45 N. Michigan Avr
Chicago. Ill.
"Year 'Round Comfort and Fuel Saving for Every Home"
It has never been proved that aluminum saltsare injurious to the body. Kieselguhr, mixed in small quantities, improves concrete. Use of kieselguhr to aid large-scale filtration. Shows use of building board and heat insulationmadefrom bagasse. Should be discussed in connection with sugars and cellulose.
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Commercial S a l v e n t s Cow. Terre Haute, Ind. Continental Fiber Co. Newark, Del. Crucible Steel Ca. of America 17 West 42nd Street New York, N. Y. Darco Corporation Wilmington, Del. Diamond Alkali Co. Pittsburgh, Pa. Dow Chemical Company Midland, Mich.
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"Application of Celotex Standard Building and Celotex Lath" Set of reprints from Industrial and E n g i n e e r i n g Chemistry "Vulcanized Fiber"
On lacquers and solvents used in them. Fiber is made by treating cotton rag paper with acid.
Catalog
"Laboratory Manual' "Diamond Alkali Handbook" "Calcium Chloride for Refrigeration" "The Chlorides of Carbon as Solvents" "How to Apply D o d a k e ' ' "How to Control Dust" "How t o Cure Concrete''
"Magnesium and Its Alloys" "How to Maintain Roads" "Dow Salicylates" Du Pont Viscoloid Co., Inc. Arlington, N. J. E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Inc. Chemical Products Division Parlin, N. 1 . Duralog Company Pittsburgh, Pa. Eagle-Picher Lead Co. 134 North LaSallc St. Chicago, Ill.
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Instructions for use of calcium chloride on roads. Use of calcium chloride on dirt roads. Calcium chloride is added t o concrete to hasten curing and insure strength of concrete.
Use of calcium chloride t o keep roads moist. Use of salts of salicylic acid in pharmacy.
"Du Pont P y r a 1i n-Its Manufacture and Use" "Clear a n d C o l o r e d Finishes"
L e d e t s on Chrome Iron Alloys "Fighting Rust with Sublimed Blue Lead" "Zinc Ore" "Lead Ore" "The Farmer's Eagle"
Colored, i l l u s t r a t e d brochure on manufacture and use of pyroxylin lacquers.
On corrosion of steel and its prevention. Flow sheet or tree. Flow sheet or lead tree. Shows manufacture and use of white lead in paint.
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Ethyl Gasoline Corp 25 Broadway New York, N. Y. General Electric Co. Schenectady, N. Y.
"Information about Ethyl Gasaline"
Gevaert Co. of America 423439 West 56th St. New York. N. Y. Hammer Dry Plate Co. St. Louis, Mo.
"Ranix, Self-Toning-The Amateur Paper"
Hercules Powder Co., Inc. Wilmingtan, Del.
Extremely reliable, well illustrated, on highgrade paper.
"Fused Quartz"
"Hammer's Little Book"
"Nitro-cellulos+Its Properties and Uses" "DynamittT h e N e w Aladdin's Lamp"
"Hercules Dynamite on the Farm" Hoyt Metal Company St. Louis, Mo. Hynson. Westcott, and Dunning Baltimore. Md. International Nickel Co. 67 Wall Street New York, N. Y. International Oxygen Co. Newark. N. J.
International Oxygen Co., Newark, N. J.
Jaques
Manufacturing
Co.
Chicago, Ill. La Motte Chemical Products Company Baltimore, Md. Libby-Owens Glass Co. Toledo, Ohio Linde Air Products Co. Technical Publicity Dept. 30 East 42nd Street New York. N. Y.
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Formulas and notes used in m a k i n g photographic negatives.
Canals,. railroads, and roads are possible because of widespread use of dynamite. Shows peace uses of explosives, instead of war uses.
"Babbitt Metal Data" "Physician's Price List"
Descriptive
Composition of mercurochrome and similar substances.
"Nickel (Inco Nickel)" "Nickel"reprint "The Electrolytic Method of Hydrogen Production" "Knowles Patent Electrolytic Cells for Producing Pure Hydrogen and Oxygen" "Hydrogen for Hydrogenation of Oils" of "The Manufacture Oxygen" LeaAet on "Ingredients of Baking Powders" "The ABC of HydrogenIon Control" "Plat Glass and LibbyOwens" "Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting"
By A. Edgar Knowles
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Mathwon Company North Bdgen, N. J. Mellon Iestitute Pittsburgh, Pa.
Minnesota Steel Co. Morgon Park Duluth, Minnesota Parker Rust-Proof Co. Detroit. Mich.
Philadelphia Quartz Ca. Philadelphia, Pa.
Pittsburgh Electric Furnace Corporation Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. 1G18 Frick Bldg. Pittsburgh, Pa. Portland Cement Co. 210 South LaSalle St. Chicago, Ill. The Protane Corporation Erie, Pa. Republic Flow Meters Co. Chicago, Ill. Royal Baking Powder Co. I00 East 42nd Street New York, N. Y.
Semet-Solvay Engineering Corporation ~. 40 Rector Street New York, N. Y.
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"Lecture Experiments witb Common Gases" "Smoke Abatement. Its Effects and Limitations" "American Industrial Pmaress through scientific Research" "Cellulose Sausage Casings' "How Steel and Steel Wire Products Are Made" "Parker Rust Process"
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"Silicates of Soda in Washing Processe+' "Silicates of Soda-Grades and Uses" "Silicates of Soda in Soap Making" "Silicate of Soda Cements" "Egg Preserving" "Silicates of Soda and Concrete" "Lectromelt"
"The Making and Use of Plate Glass" "Picturing the Manufacture of Cement" "Sewage Treatment Plants" "The Story of Pratane Bottled Gas" "Steel and Its Heat Treatment" "Heavy Clay Products and Their Manufacture" "From a Historic Corner of Southern Europe" "Baking Powders, Classification and Ingredients" Laboratory Experiment on Baking Powders "Carhuretted Water Gas
"Parkerizing" is a process of rust-proofing by forming i n s o l u b l e phosphatrs an sllrface of metal, usually iron.
Beautiful i l l u s t r a t e d catalog an electric arc furnaces.
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Address
Shnrples Solvents C&p. 23rd and Westmoreland Sts. Philadelphia. Pa. Strathmore Paper Co. Advertising Department Mittineague. Mass. T e x a Gulf Sulfur Co. 41 East Forty Second St. New York, N. Y.
United States Rubhrr Co. 1790 Broadway New York, N. Y. Universal Portland Crment Company 210 South LaSalle Strret Chicago, Ill. United States Steel Corp. Bureau of Safety, Sanitation, and Welfare 71 Broadway New York, N. Y. U. S. Industrial Alcohol Co. 110 East 42nd Street New York, N. Y. U. S. Industrial Chemical Company New York, N. Y. USL Battery Corporation Niagara Falls, N. Y . Vanadium C o r p , a f America 120 Broadway New York, N. Y.
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"Making Strathmore Paprr" "Sulfur in World Trade" "Some Facts about Sulfur" "Sulfurized Pulp and Paper Products ' "Mining of Sulfur" "Big Hill Salt Dome, Matagorda Company, Texas" "Sulfur, an Industrial Necessity" Chart-"Ideal Section of Sulfur-Salt Dome" ''Gulf Coast Sulfur Deposits" "The Sulfur Factor in Acid Phosphate" "Marketing of Sullur" Picture of "Frasch Method of Obtaining Sulfur" "The Romance of Rubber" "How U. S. Ruhber Goods Are Made"
1. Materials and preliminary processes. 2. The making of tires.
"Powdering and Burning a Mountain"
"The Story of Steel"
"Alcohol far Purposes"
Industrial
"Solvents"
"Battery Troubles"
"Normalized Steel" "Association News," Jan., 1928
Diagnosis and treatment.
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Western Precipitation Co. Los Angeles, Calif. Wheeling Steel Corp. Wheeling, West Virginia
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"Specifications for Vanadium Steel" "Vanadium Steel Shows Strength" "Manufacturers Research Broadens Use of Alloy Steels" "Alloy S t e e l Reduces Weight of Lacomotive Parts" "The Technical Chemistry of Vanadium" Handbook, A. S. S. T. Section F, Vanadium Steels "Electrical Precipitation of Suspended Particles from Gases" "Pram Mine to Market"
"COD-R-Lay"
Wm. Zinsser & Company 516 West 59th St. New York City
"Shellac and Its Uses" "The Story of Shellac" "How Shellac 1 8 ~ a d e "
Zeolite Chemical Company 140 Cedar Street New York City
"Green Sand" "Softening Municipal Water Supplies"
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An extremely well-illustrated book, paper covered. on manufacture of steel. The use of comer .. in steel to prevent COTrosion. Oct., 1924, issue of "Bulls Eye," house-organ.
