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Description: | This is an advertisement for Glover’s Glycerine soap powder. Glycerine was first discovered by a Swedish chemist Scheele, in 1779 but it was a French chemist Michel Eugene Chevreul who is most well known for hiswork. Soaps had been made from tallow; an animal fat. Chevreul conducted experiments to investigate the nature of the fats and oils used in soaps, he discovered a substance which he called glycerine. The use of glycerine revolutionised the soap making industry. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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