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Chemical Industry | It is white, yellowish or dark-brown in colour; it is obtained from the residues of the distillation of certain crude petroleum oils, or by mixing fairly high viscosity petroleum oils wi th such residues or by mixing paraffin wax or ceresine with a sufficiently refined mineral oil. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Vaseline is a registered trade name for a famous brand of petroleum jelly.
Petroleum jelly was discovered by Robert Chesebrough in 1859 in Brooklyn, New York. Chesebrough was intrigued by the paraffin-like substance that stuck to the drilling rigs. All the riggers hated the stuff because it caused the rigs to seize up, but they did use it on cuts and burns because it helped them heal faster. Chesebrough bottled the petroleum jelly and took it back to his office where he tested it on himself.
He gave out free samples across New York and within six months he had twelve wagons distributing the product, under the trade name Vaseline, across the state.
In 1872, Chesebrough patented (U.S. No. 127,568) the process of making petroleum jelly. The patent said that distillation by heat under vacuum involves less heat than without the vacuum, and yields a better quality of jelly. The product is then filtered through bone-black. The patent says its uses include currying, stuffing, and oiling all kinds of leather. The finest grade of petroleum is also adapted for use as a pomade for the hair. It is also an excellent treatment for chapped hands.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Petroleum jelly."
Synonyms: Petroleum JellySynonyms: mineral jelly (n), petrolatum (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Petroleum Jelly |
| English words defined with "petroleum jelly": Cosmoline ♦ Vaseline. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "petroleum jelly": index-matching gel ♦ SHELL ASSEMBLER. (references) |
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Health | DO NOT use petroleum jelly, a hot match, nail polish, or other products. (references) | |
For vaginal discomfort, use a water-based lubricant, but not petroleum jelly. (references) | ||
If your child has dry lips, petroleum jelly or a lip pomade can prevent cracking. (references) | ||
Economic History | India | Polyethylene compounds are used for sheathing, steel tapes for armoring and petroleum jelly for filling. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
petroleum jelly | 74 |
vaseline petroleum jelly | 12 |
petroleum jelly white | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "petroleum jelly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | vazelinë (petrolatum, Vaseline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الفازلين. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vaselin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vaseline (vaseline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vaseline. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Vaselin (Vaseline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βαζελίνη (amorphous wax, petrolatum, petrolatum wax, vaseline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | vaselina (Vaseline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etroleumpay ellyjay vaselina (petroleum oil, Vaseline), gás de petróleo. (various references) vaselina (Vaseline), jalea de petróleo. (various references) parafin yağı (petrolatum), vazelin (petrolatum, Vaseline). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-j-l-l-l-m-o-p-r-t-u-y" | |
-5 letters: petroleum. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 65 74 72 6F 6C 65 75 6D 4A 65 6C 6C 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100101 01110100 01110010 01101111 01101100 01100101 01110101 01101101 00100000 01001010 01100101 01101100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P e t r o l e u m   J e l l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0065 0074 0072 006F 006C 0065 0075 006D 004A 0065 006C 006C 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50718684817871877924471787891 |
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