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The history of the E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder Company : a century of success by Charles Frederick Rideal; Albert William Atwood is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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DuPont was founded in 1802 by ?leutḧre Iřňe du Pont, using capital raised in France and gunpowder machinery imported from France. The company was started at the Eleutherian Mills, on the Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Delaware, two years after he and his family left France to escape the French Revolution. It began as a manufacturer of gunpowder, as du Pont noticed that the industry in North America was lagging behind Europe. The company grew quickly, and by the mid-19th century had become the largest supplier of gunpowder to the United States military, supplying half the powder used by the Union Army during the American Civil War. The Eleutherian Mills site is now a museum and a National Historic Landmark

Author

Charles Frederick Rideal; Albert William Atwood

Publisher

Lindsay Publications, Incorporated

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9781559180573