TY - MANSCPT DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Making Acid Behave ID - 6w924d168 AU - Dow Chemical Company DA - 1939/08// YR - 1939 AV - Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 2 VL - Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 2 AN - Advertisements from the Dow Chemical Historical Collection, Box 2 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/6w924d168 AB - Color print advertisement for Dowell Incorporated, a subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement depicts two beakers, each holding a piece of iron immersed in raw hydrochloric acid, to illustrate the use of inhibitors to control the effects of acid on metal. The accompanying text details the development of such inhibitors at Dowell Incorporated and their subsequent application in the gas and oil industries. A version of this advertisement appeared in the August 1939 edition of Fortune. KW - Oil industries KW - Chemical industry KW - Dow Chemical Company KW - Corporations KW - Advertising KW - Oil wells LA - English ER -