Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4145209 | Multicomponent fruit abscission compositions A composition comprising two compounds from the group cycloheximide, 5-chloro-3-methyl-4-nitro-1H-pyrazole and glyoxal dioxime and optionally including an additive compound capable of enhancing the activity of the composition is a synergistic combination ... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4120686 | Composition for combating slimes Composition for combating slimes containing as the active compound combination, tetramethylthiuram disulfide and aroyl-ethyl-ammonium salts having the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 is optionally monosubstituted or polysubstituted aromatic, ... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4108628 | Cycloalkanopyrazole herbicides mixtures Herbicidal cycloalkanapyrazoles of the formula: ##STR1## where N IS 3, 4 OR 5; R1 is hydrogen or methyl; Q is fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine; X is fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, cyano, methoxy or nitro; Y is hydrogen, fluorine, or chlor... | 08/22/1978 |
| 4032323 | Isothiazole derivatives Isothiazoles with an alkyl substituent in the 3-position, a cyano group in the 4-position, and a grouping --NHCONR3 R4 in the 5-position, R3 and R4 each being methyl or ethyl, possess herbicidal properties again... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4008069 | Synergistic weed control composition Certain noxious weeds, particularly yellow foxtail (Setaria glanca) and beggarweed (Desmodium torguosum) are combated in a number of crops by preemergent application of a synergistic combination of preferably about two parts by weight of N-benzyl-N-isopro... | 02/15/1977 |
| 4004913 | Selective herbicidal compositions Selective herbicidal compositions comprising as active ingredients: A. imidazolidin-2-one-1-carboxylic acid isobutylamide of the formula ##STR1## and B. 1-METHYL-3-(2-BENZOTHIAZOLYL)-UREA OF THE FORMULA ##STR2## or 3-cyclohexyl-5,6-trimethylene-uraci... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3996042 | Synergistic herbicidal compositions Synergistic herbicidal compositions are provided, containing as active ingredients: (1) 3-(benzthiazol-2-yl)-1,3-dimethyl-urea of the formula ##STR1## and (2) 3-(5-n-butylsulphonyl-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)-1,3-dimethyl-urea of the formula ##STR2##... | 12/07/1976 |
| 3977861 | Herbicide composition A synergistic herbicide composition containing 2-tertiary-butyl-4-(2,4-dichloro-5-isopropyloxyphenyl)-5-oxo-1,3,4-oxadiaz oline and 1,1,1-trifluoro-4'-(phenylsulfonyl) methanesulfono-O-toluidine as the active components.... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3933460 | Herbicidal mixture of a benzofuranyl methanesulfonate and a substituted pyridazone New and valuable herbicides containing compositions of different active ingredients.... | 01/20/1976 |
