TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Explosives Bring the Oil Fields to You T2 - 1930 Hercules Advertisements ID - ns0646795 AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1930/// YR - 1930 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1930 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1930 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1930 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/ns0646795 AB - Advertisement for explosives manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company for use in construction, mining, and prospecting, among other applications. The advertisement details how Hercules explosives are used to in geophysical prospecting to aid in the identification of oil wells and pipe line construction. 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 - Petroleum industry and trade KW - Chemical industry KW - Research, Industrial KW - Hercules Incorporated KW - Corporations KW - Explosives KW - Explosives industry KW - Advertising, Industrial LA - English ER -