Which cleaning product, later made by Reckitt & Coleman, was invented and named by Harry Pickup?
Harpic Harpic Harpic is the brand name of a toilet bowl cleaner launched in England in the 1920s and now marketed by Reckitt Benckiser. It is currently available in Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The toilet cleaning products marketed under the brand name include liquids, tablets, wipes, brush systems, toilet bowl and cistern blocks. It contains hydrochloric acid (10%) as the active ingredient, along with butyl oleylamine and others in an aqueous solution. The original toilet cleaner was invented by Harry Pickup, who was based in Roscoe Street, Scarborough, in North Yorkshire.
Sunlight (cleaning product) Sunlight (cleaning product) Sunlight is a brand of household soap introduced by the British company Lever Brothers in 1884. It was the world's first packaged, branded laundry soap. Designed for washing clothes and general household use, the success of the product led to the name for the company's village for its workers, Port Sunlight. The soap formula was invented by a Bolton chemist named William Hough Watson, who also became an early business partner. Watson's process created a new soap, using glycerin and vegetable oils such as palm oil rather than tallow (animal fats). William Lever and his brother James