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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM B. NETTLE, OF STEWARD'S MILLS, TEXAS.
INSECTICIDE COMPOUND.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,888, dated April 4, 1882.
Application fled January 30, 188. (Io specimens.)To all whom it may concern :
Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. NETTLE,
of Steward's Mills, in the county of Freestone
and State of Texas, have invented certain new
3 and useful Improvements in Insect-Extermi-
nating Compounds and Processes; and I do
hereby declare that the following is a full,
clear, and exact description of the invention,
which will enable others skilled in the art to
to which it appertains to make and use the same.
This invention relates to a compound for the
extermination or destruction ofants and other
small insects which burrowin the ground and
injure the roots and growth of plants; and it
15 consists of the followingingredients combined
in the proportions stated, viz: bisulphide of
carbon, ninety-six and three-fonrths parts; sul-
phur, three parts; sulphydric acid, one-fourth
part. In compounding these ingredients the
2o bisulphide of carbon is allowed to dissolve the
sulphur, and then the acid is added at a tem-
perature of 720 Farenheit. Th'I'e ingredients
are then intermingled by agitation or other
suitablemeans, and the whole is explosive when
25 in contact with fire.
In using my insect-exterminating compound
the surface of the ground is first cleaned off
until a passage leading down or communicate
ing with the main nest of the insects is dis-covered. A small quantity of water is then 30
poured illto this passage, and immediately after
a quantity of the compoud-say one-half to a
whole pint-is poured in. A lighted match is
now placed in contact with the liquid, which
causes the latter to explode in the ground, 35
the fire and heat of which explosion and the
gases generated thereby will effectually de-
stroy the ants or other insects,
My compound does not explode with force
enough to materially injure the ground, and 40
will be found especially useful in certain sec-
tions where the above-named insects are par-
ticularly pestiferous and numerous.
Having thus described my invention, I claim
and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the 45
United States-
The herein-described insecticide compound
for the extermination of insects, consisting of
bisulphide of carbon, sulphur, and sulphydric
acid, in about the proportions specified. 50
Iu testimony that I claim the foregoing as
my own I have hereto affixed my signature in
presence of two witnesses.
WILLIA3M B. NETTLE.
Witnesses:
A. G. ANDERSON,
W. F. WEBB.
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Nettle, William B. Insecticide Compound., patent, April 4, 1882; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170326/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.