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The preparation of a nicotine hydrochloride dust insecticide and the economic feasibility of growing high nicotine content tobacco as a cash crop

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dc.contributor.authorBowers, John C.en
dc.contributor.departmentChemical Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-23T19:12:12Zen
dc.date.available2015-06-23T19:12:12Zen
dc.date.issued1947en
dc.description.abstractThis study was undertaken for the following reasons: 1. Nicotine and its compounds have long been used as insecticides, and are in great demand at the present. 2. Tobacco, the source of nicotine, is such a valuable commodity that only waste has been used as a source of nicotine for years. 3. <i>N. rustica tabacum</i>, a species of tobacco, has a high nicotine content, and has been grown under climate and environment suitable for other types of tobacco. The purpose of the investigation is as follows: 1. Preparation of a nicotine hydrochloride dust insecticide from the entire tobacco plant. 2. To make a study of the costs of cultivating flue cured tobacco and the costs of cultivating tobacco that could be used for the preparation of the dust. 3. To determine the price at which the tobacco farmer could sell high nicotine content tobacco and still make the profit he realizes from the cultivation of the flue cured tobacco.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentv, 146 leavesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/53464en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 27301254en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1947.B694en
dc.subject.lcshInsecticidesen
dc.subject.lcshTobaccoen
dc.titleThe preparation of a nicotine hydrochloride dust insecticide and the economic feasibility of growing high nicotine content tobacco as a cash cropen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineChemical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Instituteen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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