Chesebrough Manufacturing Company Chesebrough Manufacturing Company Chesebrough Manufacturing Company was an oil business which produced petroleum jelly or Vaseline, which was marketed with the brand name Luxor. It was founded in 1859. Robert Augustus Chesebrough, a chemist who started the company, was interested in marketing oil products for medicinal needs. He produced the first petroleum jelly by refining rod wax through the use of heat and filtration. He named Vaseline from the German language word for water ("Wasser") and the Greek language word for oil ("olion"). Vaseline was patented in the United States in 1872 and England in 1877. In 1870, Robert Chesebrough
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"