Robert Chesebrough Vaseline. In 1875, he founded the Chesebrough Manufacturing Company that in 1955 became Chesebrough-Ponds, a leading manufacturer of personal-care products. Chesebrough patented the process of making petroleum jelly (U.S. Patent 127,568) in 1872. By 1874, stores were selling over 1400 jars of Vaseline a day. Chesebrough's success stemmed from firm belief in his product. Before he began selling petroleum jelly, he tested it on his own cuts and burns. Chesebrough was still unable to sell any to drug stores until he travelled around New York demonstrating his miracle product. In front of an audience, he would burn his skin with
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"