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Lifebuoy is a British brand of soap marketed by Unilever. Lifebuoy was originally, and for much of its history, a carbolic soap containing phenol (carbolic acid, a compound extracted from coal tar). The soaps manufactured today under the Lifebuoy brand do not contain phenol. Currently, there are many varieties of Lifebuoy.
Lever Brothers was one of several British companies that took an interest in the welfare of its British employees. [7] The model village of Port Sunlight was developed between 1888 and 1914 adjoining the soap factory to accommodate the company's staff in good quality housing, with high architectural standards and many community facilities.
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Pears soap was made using a process entirely different from other soaps. A mixture of tallow and other fats was saponified by an alkali.This is currently caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) since the ingredients list shows sodium salts of fatty acids, but a chemist reports that in the 1960s, caustic potash (potassium hydroxide) was used.
Lonicera nitida is a species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family.In English, it is sometimes given the common names box honeysuckle or Wilson's honeysuckle. [1] It is widely used as a low hedging plant, and for topiary.
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Sapindus is a genus of about thirteen species of shrubs and small trees in the lychee family, Sapindaceae and tribe Sapindeae.It is native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world.
A lifebuoy is a life saving buoy designed to be thrown to a person in the water to prevent drowning. Lifebuoy may also refer to: Lifebuoy (soap), a brand of soap; Flamethrower, Portable, No 2, a British World War II era flamethrower, nicknamed Lifebuoy from the shape of its fuel tank