TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Problem... Solution Result... [December] T2 - 1947 Hercules Advertisements ID - r2b89qk AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1947/// YR - 1947 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1947 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1947 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1947 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/r2b89qk AB - Advertisement for Pentalyn resin varnishes manufactured and sold by the Hercules Powder Company marketed for their quick-drying quality. This advertisement appeared in the December 6, 1947 issue of Business Week; the December 8, 1947 issue of Newsweek; the December 1947 issue of Nations Business; and the December 1, 1947 issues of N.Y. Journal of Commerce, Chicago Journal of Commerce, and Wall Street Journal. 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 - Corporations KW - Naval stores KW - Advertising, Industrial KW - Naval stores industry KW - Varnish and varnishing KW - Varnish industry KW - Gums and resins LA - English ER -