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 Hercules Thanite T2 - 1943 Hercules Advertisements ID - m900nv12g AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1943/// YR - 1943 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1943 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1943 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1943 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/m900nv12g AB - Advertisement for Thanite, a toxicant manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in pesticides and insecticides. This advertisement appeared in the June 1943 issue of Soap. 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 - Insect pests--Control KW - Corporations KW - Naval stores KW - Thanite KW - Insecticides KW - Advertising, Industrial KW - Insect pests LA - English ER -