TY - CHAP DB - Science History Institute DP - Science History Institute M2 - Courtesy of Science History Institute. Rights: Public Domain Mark 1.0 TI - Free Books on Insect Control T2 - 1952 Hercules Advertisements ID - rx913q76w AU - Hercules Incorporated DA - 1952/// YR - 1952 AV - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952 VL - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952 AN - Records of Hercules Incorporated, Volume 1952 UR - https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rx913q76w AB - Advertisement for books detailing the use of toxaphene for insect control including illustrations of grasshoppers, salt-marsh caterpillars, cutworms, armyworms and boll weevils. 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 - Advertising, Industrial LA - English ER -