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Vaseline (/ ˈ v æ s ə l iː n /) [1] [2] [note 1] is an American brand of petroleum jelly-based products owned by transnational company Unilever. [3] Products include plain petroleum jelly and a selection of skin creams, soaps , lotions , cleansers, and deodorants .
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company (/ ˈ tʃ iː z b r oʊ /) [3] was an oil company, founded in 1859, which produced petroleum jelly under the brand names Vaseline [4] and Luxor. [5] Robert Augustus Chesebrough, a chemist who started the company, was interested in marketing oil products for medicinal use.
Chesebrough was told it was a nuisance, except when someone had a cut or burn; they found that if it was rubbed on an injury, then it would lessen the pain and make the injury heal quicker. He then trade-named the jelly as Vaseline. In 1875, he founded the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company, a leading manufacturer of personal-care products.
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Petroleum jelly. Petroleum jelly, petrolatum (/ ˌ p ɛ t r ə ˈ l eɪ t ə m /), white petrolatum, soft paraffin, or multi-hydrocarbon, CAS number 8009-03-8, is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons (with carbon numbers mainly higher than 25), [1] originally promoted as a topical ointment for its healing properties. [2]
The largest deposits of potash in the United States are found in Florida. [133] The largest deposits of rock phosphate in the country are found in Florida. [133] Most of this is in Bone Valley. [134] Extended systems of underwater caves, sinkholes and springs are found throughout the state and supply most of the water used by residents. [135]
This is a list of US places named after non-US places.In the case of this list, place means any named location that's smaller than a county or equivalent: cities, towns, villages, hamlets, neighborhoods, municipalities, boroughs, townships, civil parishes, localities, census-designated places, and some districts.
The Floridas (Spanish: Las Floridas) was a region of the southeastern United States comprising the historical colonies of East Florida and West Florida. They were created when England obtained Florida in 1763 (see British Florida), and found it so awkward in geography that she split it in two. The borders of East and West Florida varied.