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Margaret McCredy. . . (m. 1864; died 1887) . Children. 4. Signature. Robert Augustus Chesebrough (/ ˈtʃiːzbroʊ /; [1] January 9, 1837 – September 8, 1933) was an American chemist who discovered petroleum jelly —which he marketed as Vaseline —and founder of the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company.
Vaseline (/ ˈvæsəliːn /) [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. In many languages, the word "vaseline" is used as generic for petroleum jelly; in ...
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company (/ ˈtʃiːzbroʊ /) [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. He produced the first petroleum jelly by ...
"She Don't Use Jelly" became popular after being featured on the MTV show Beavis and Butt-head, nearly a year after the album's release.It is still their highest charting single to date (and the only to chart on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100), even entering the top 10 of the Modern Rock Tracks chart, at number 9.
We've accumulated 19 unusual uses for Vaseline, and why this 140+ year-old product needs to become part of your every day routine. We've accumulated 19 unusual uses for Vaseline, and why this 140 ...
Petroleum jelly. Petroleum jelly, petrolatum, 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] Vaseline has been an American brand of petroleum jelly since ...
Three people were killed in the state: a 61-year-old charter boat captain who suffered grave injuries after falling off his boat approaching Jupiter Inlet, [100] a 16-year-old who was rescued by a bystander but later died at the hospital, [101] and a 57-year-old Swedish sailor whose boat was found but body was never recovered.
Chart detailing the history of some of the largest Standard Oil descendants; bold denotes extant corporations Following the 1911 Supreme Court ruling that found Standard Oil was an illegal monopoly, the company was broken up into 39 different entities, divided primarily by region and activity.