Patent for a "compound for killing the cotton-worm and other insects that infest, eat, and damage the leaves of the cotton-plant," which "consists in combining a poisonous, an adhesive, and a diffusive ingredient in one and the same compound." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
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Patent for a "compound for killing the cotton-worm and other insects that infest, eat, and damage the leaves of the cotton-plant," which "consists in combining a poisonous, an adhesive, and a diffusive ingredient in one and the same compound." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Physical Description
1 p.; 23 cm.
Notes
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 140,079, dated June 17, 1873; application filed May 22, 1873.
Royall, William B.Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds.,
patent,
June 17, 1873;
[Washington D.C.].
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