TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Advertisement for Toxaphene (Hercules Chlorinated Camphene) T2 - 1948 Hercules Advertisements ID - cv43nx57x AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1948/// YR - 1948 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1948 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1948 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1948 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/cv43nx57x AB - Advertisement for Toxaphene, a toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in pesticides and insecticides. This advertisement appeared in the January 1948 issue of Agricultural Chemicals and the February 1948 issues of Better Farming Methods and Acco Press. 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 - Toxaphene KW - Chemical industry KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Insect pests--Control KW - Corporations KW - Naval stores KW - Insecticides KW - Advertising, Industrial KW - Insect pests LA - English ER -