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Dow Magnesium: The Lightest Structural Metal...One-third Lighter Than Any Other in Common Use

  • 1942-Jul-27

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Print advertisement for Dowmetal, a magnesium alloy manufactured and sold by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features an illustrated depiction of trains, planes, and automobiles above a hand lifting a winged ingot of magnesium from the sea. The accompanying text details Dow's extraction of magnesium from seawater and the use of Dowmetal in transportation industries and the production of materials to aid the war effort. This advertisement appeared on page 67 of the July 27, 1942 edition of Time.

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  • 11.5 in. H x 8.25 in. W
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 8

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Dow Chemical Company. “Dow Magnesium: The Lightest Structural Metal...One-Third Lighter Than Any Other in Common Use,” July 27, 1942. Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 8. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/8myq48s.

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