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
Aiyu jelly Aiyu jelly Aiyu jelly (; or ; or simply ), known in Taiwanese Hokkien as ogio (), and as ice jelly in Singapore (), is a jelly made from the gel from the seeds of the awkeotsang creeping fig found in Taiwan and East Asian countries of the same climates and latitudes. The jelly is not commonly made or found outside of Taiwan and Singapore, though it can be bought fresh in specialty stores in Japan and canned in Chinatowns. It is also used in Taiwanese cuisine. It is also available and popular in the small historical town of Ipoh