TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Aerial Operators Prefer Toxaphene Dusts Sprays T2 - 1950 Hercules Advertisements ID - h989r3998 AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1950/// YR - 1950 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1950 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1950 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1950 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/h989r3998 AB - Print advertisement for Toxaphene produced by Hercules Powder Company consists of an inset paragraph describing how the piney scent of Toxaphene makes it pleasing to aerial operators. This advertisement appeared in National Flying Farmer. Originally trademarked by the Hercules Powder Company, Toxaphene was a synthetic organic insecticide toxicant primarily used in agricultural insecticides. 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 - Aerial spraying and dusting in agriculture KW - Research, Industrial KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Corporations KW - Naval stores KW - Insecticides KW - Advertising, Industrial LA - English ER -