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Literature | Godfrey's Cordial A patent medicine given to children troubled with colic. Gray says it was used by the lower orders to "prevent the crying of children in pain" when in want of proper nourishment. It consists of sassafras, opium in some form, brandy or rectified spirit, caraway seed, and treacle. There are seven or eight different preparations. Named after Thomas Godfrey of Hunsdon, in Hertfordshire, in the first quarter of the eighteenth century. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 4F 44 46 52 45 59 27 53 43 4F 52 44 49 41 4C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01001111 01000100 01000110 01010010 01000101 01011001 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000011 01001111 01010010 01000100 01001001 01000001 01001100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G O D F R E Y ' S   C O R D I A L |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 004F 0044 0046 0052 0045 0059 0027 0053 0043 004F 0052 0044 0049 0041 004C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41493840523959953237495238433546 |
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