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Wedges for New Markets: Hercose Base for Airplane Coatings

  • 1936

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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.

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  • Series II: Advertising
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  • Volume 1936

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Hercules Incorporated. “Wedges for New Markets: Hercose Base for Airplane Coatings.” 1936 Hercules Advertisements, 1936. Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1936. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/b5644s37z.

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