Robert Chesebrough acid or an open flame, then spread the clear jelly on his injuries while demonstrating past injuries, healed, he claimed, by his miracle product. To further create demand, he gave out free samples. Chesebrough opened his first factory in 1870. The first known reference to the name Vaseline is in his U.S. patent: “I, Robert Chesebrough, have invented a new and useful product from petroleum which I have named 'Vaseline…'" . The word is believed to come from German "Wasser" (water) + (oil). Chesebrough lived to be 96 years old and was such a believer in Vaseline that he claimed
Ochre jelly Ochre jelly In the "Dungeons & Dragons" fantasy role-playing game, the ochre jelly is a type of ooze. The ochre jelly first appeared in the original "Dungeons & Dragons" set (1974). The ochre jelly appeared in the "D&D Basic Set" (1977, 1981, 1983), and the "Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia" (1991). The ochre jelly appeared in first edition "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" in the original "Monster Manual" (1977). The creature was expanded on in "Dragon" #104 (December 1985). The ochre jelly appeared in second edition "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" in "Monstrous Compendium Volume One" (1989), reprinted in the "Monstrous Manual"