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Wrights Coal Tar Soap
Created by William Valentine Wright in 1860, Wright's Coal Tar Soap was a popular brand of antiseptic soap designed to thoroughly cleanse the skin. It was an Orange (colour), orange colour. For over 150 years, Wright’s Coal Tar Soap was a popular brand of household soap; its successor, Wright’s Traditional Soap, can still be bought in supermarkets and from chemists worldwide. The original product was developed by William Valentine Wright in 1860 from "liquor carbonis detergens", the liquid by-product of the distillation of coal to make coke; the liquid was made into an antiseptic soap for the treatment of skin diseases. However, Wright’s Traditional Soap contains no coal tar, this having been replaced by tea tree oil for its antibacterial properties. History Wright, Sellers & Layman William Valentine Wright, born in 1826 in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, was a wholesale druggist and chemist who had a small business, W.V. Wright & Co. at 11 Old Fish Street Hill, Doctors' Commons, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Wright an occupational surname originating in England, meaning worker or shaper of wood. Wright or Wrights may also refer to: Places Earth ;Australia * Wright, Australian Capital Territory * Division of Wright, federal electoral division in Queensland * Electoral district of Wright, state electoral district in South Australia * Wright railway station, Melbourne * Wright Rock, Tasmanian island in northern Bass Strait ;Canada * Wright, Quebec * Mont Wright (Quebec), mountain near Fermont, Quebec ;United States * Wright, Florida * Wright, Iowa * Wright, Kansas * Wright, Minnesota * Wright, New York * Wright, West Virginia * Wright, Wyoming * Wright City, Missouri * Wright City, Oklahoma * Wright County (other), several counties * Wright Township (other), several townships Solar System * 1747 Wright, asteroid * Wright (lunar crater), Moon * Wright (Martian crater), Mars Art, entertainment, and media *Pastor Leon Wright, a fictional character in The Returned ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
