TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Find the Rosin in this Picture T2 - 1945 Hercules Advertisements ID - 5999n4045 AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1945/// YR - 1945 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1945 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1945 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1945 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/5999n4045 AB - Advertisement for Hercolyn and other naval stores products manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in paints, coatings, and insecticides. The advertisement depicts a barnacle and details the use of Hercolyn in paints to prevent barnacle growth. This advertisement appeared in several August 1945 issues of Weekly Naval Stores Review. Formed in 1912 as part of an anti-trust settlement with DuPont, the Hercules Powder Company (later Hercules Inc.) initially specialized in the manufacture of explosives and smokeless powders and subsequently diversified its business to encompass a variety of industrial products, including pine and paper chemicals, synthetics, pigments, polymers, and cellulose. KW - Chemical industry KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Corporations KW - Naval stores KW - Gums and resins KW - Advertising, Industrial LA - English ER -