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	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Ivory Soap Origin
		Ivory Soap's unique floatability came about as the result of a manufacturing error.
		Gamble's soap and candle factory in Cincinnati, Ohio, were puzzled by consumer requests for more of "the soap that floats." The company had recently introduced a new product called White Soap, an offering meant to compete with the fine soaps from Spain that were then taking a fair bite out of the American market.
		After consulting with his supervisor, the decision was made to finish and ship the soap since the ingredients had not been changed in any way by the longer mixing time.
	www.snopes.com /business/origins/ivory.asp (666 words)

	Ivory Soap Science - Floats and Grows! at Steve Spangler Science
		Remove the Ivory soap from the water and break it in half to see if there are any pockets of air hiding in the middle of the bar.
		Place the bar of Ivory soap in the middle of a piece of paper towel and place the whole thing in the center of the microwave oven.
		Ivory soap is one of the few brands of bar soap that floats in water.
	www.stevespanglerscience.com /experiment/00000053 (720 words)

	How to Expand Ivory Soap - WikiHow
		Remove the Ivory soap from the water and place the bar in the middle of a plate covered with a paper towel.
		Ivory soap floats because it has air pumped into it during the manufacturing process.
		The expanding effect is caused by the heating of the water that is inside the soap.
	www.wikihow.com /Expand-Ivory-Soap (417 words)

	History of Ivory soap
		Ivory soap was introduced to the marketplace in 1879.
		The concept of soap that floats was rumored to have been encountered by accident.
		The story goes that Harley Procter named the soap ‘Ivory’ from a biblical verse (Psalm 45) church: “All thy garments smell of myrrh and aloes and cassia, out of the ivory palaces whereby they have made me glad.” In 1878, the formula for the “White Soap” was created.
	wiwi.essortment.com /ivorysoaphisto_rlzw.htm (713 words)

	Ivory (soap) Information
		Ivory's well-known slogan "99 44/100 % pure", was based the results of an independent lab that the founder's son, Harley Procter hired to show that Ivory was more pure than the castile soap then available.
		Ivory soap is more caustic than some milder bars, such as Dove, a non-soap syndet bar.
		A postulate for this effectiveness is the ability of the soap to lyse bacteria efficiently, and to rinse cleanly.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Ivory_(soap) (288 words)

	Joey Green
		One day after the soap when into production, a factory worker (who remains anonymous) forgot to switch off the master mixing machine when he went to lunch and too much air was whipped into a batch of soap.
		A chemist's analysis of Ivory soap indicated that 56/100 of the ingredients did not fall into the category of pure soap.
		Ivory Soap is the best-selling soap in America because the air-laden bars dissolve twice as fast as other brands, compelling consumers to buy twice as much.
	www.wackyuses.com /wf_ivory.html (229 words)

	Postcards from the Digital Age - Ivory Soap: It Still Floats and Sells
		Ivory Soap became one of the first national brands and one of the most enduring brand identities in history.
		Ivory Soap was the subject of one of the first full color print ads in 1896.
		The bottom line is that the pure "White Soap" was a corporate development project, but the floating characteristic was the result of an accident.
	www.bockinfo.com /040720postcard.htm (1173 words)

	Travel Channel :: Made in America :: Ivory Soap (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A batch of Ivory soap is made from only the purest vegetable oils and animal fats.
		Ivory may be "the soap that floats" but that was actually an accident.
		Because of an employee error, air was inadvertently mixed with a batch of the soap and it's been a hit ever since.
	travel.discovery.com /fansites/jrmia/goods/ivory.html (254 words)

	Ivory Soap History - Invention of Ivory Soap
		A large batch of White Soap was mixing when a workman at the factory went to lunch and left the machinery running.
		he decided not to discard the batch of soap because of such a small error, and he poured the soap into the frames.
		Harley Procter came up with the name "Ivory" while listening to a bible reading at church one morning in 1879.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventions/ivory.htm (558 words)

	Top Secret Project Ivory Soap -- Aircraft Repair Ships
		Thus was born Ivory Soap, a secret project kept "classified" for more than a half-century.
		It then went to Washington, where it was approved by the commander of the Army Air Corps, Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, and by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
		Ivory Soap consisted of 24 ships and some 5,000 men drawn from the Army, Navy, and Merchant Marine.
	www.usmm.org /felknorivory.html (1247 words)

	The Cincinnati Post
		Further, the white bar soap promoted since the 1800s with the slogan "it floats" is getting a rare addition to its product line on its 125th anniversary.
		Ivory became the first blockbuster brand for P&G, a soap and candle company established in 1837, when early business in candles started to fade as Thomas Edison's light bulb emerged as the preferred light source.
		Ivory went on to establish other firsts for P&G as the company introduced color magazine advertising for it in 1896 and featured it on P&G's first television commercial in 1939 during a Cincinnati Reds-Brooklyn Dodgers broadcast.
	www.cincypost.com /2004/06/22/ivory062204.html (535 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Ivory Original Bar Soap at Epinions.com
		Ivory Soap was developed in 1878 by James N. Gamble after many years of trial and error, using different formulas.
		The reason that the Ivory Soap floats is because when the soap was first developed, an employee didn’t shut off the machine that made the soap when he went to lunch, and when he got back he discovered that the soap mixture was whipped like crazy!
		I love Ivory Soap and will continue to use it because it works, and because it’s just a part of life that makes me remember those great times – the way it used to be, and somehow, thankfully, it still is.
	www.epinions.com /content_155514670724 (942 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: Selling Ivory Soap
		“Ivory Tower,” which debuted in 1991, had been on hiatus for three years when Brandon C. Presser ’05, a theater and television enthusiast, took on the role of executive producer for a revamped, updated version of the show.
		The Harvard-centric soap opera was once one of the most popular shows on Harvard-Radcliffe Television (HRTV) during the student channel’s glory days several years ago.
		Presser was first exposed to soap operas when an old high school friend of his landed a role on “Days of Our Lives.” Although initially he was only interested in watching the show because of her, he was quickly drawn into the genre’s outlandish plots and characters.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=349886 (1195 words)

	The Foaming Soap Trick (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A few weeks ago when I was writing about saponification and soap chemistry, I was reminded of a simple phenomenon that demonstrates closed-shell foam formation.
		It is actually a very simple experiment that uses a bar of Ivory soap and a microwave oven.
		I purchased a standard bar of ivory soap, unwrapped it, and placed it on a plate in the microwave.
	www.chemistry.org /portal/a/c/s/1/feature_ent.html?id=48a62f92effa11d6e2f06ed9fe800100 (397 words)

	Ivory Soap, age 125, gets major makeover
		P&G Ivory Aloe, which is a light green color and contains aloe, will roll off the line at the Ivorydale plant in St. Bernard, several days before the 125th anniversary of the revered brand.
		Most have thought the discovery that Ivory floats had been an accident, but P&G's newly released corporate history questions that theory, noting that it was "scrambling" for products to replace the declining candle business.
		The new Ivory Aloe line, which will start shipping to stores this week, "is really the first major change to the base line in its history," P&G spokesman Brent Miller said.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2004/06/22/biz_biz1pg1ivory.html (287 words)

	Ivory Soap showers museum with archives Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The makers of Ivory Soap, one of the most recognized household products in America, are donating an extensive advertising collection to the Smithsonian Institution.
		Ivory Soap was invented in 1878 by James Gamble and his associates.
		The first bar was sold in October 1879 at five cents for 10 ounces and pitched to the consumer as the ideal cleaner for laundry, household cleaning and personal use.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4196/is_20011216/ai_n10744424?lstpn=article_results&lstpc=search&lstpr=external&lstprs=other&lstwid=1&lstwn=search_results&lstwp=body_middle (539 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Ivory (soap)
		Ivory, a white and mildly fragranced bar soap, is a product of the Procter & Gamble Company.
		Because Ivory is one of P&G's oldest products, P&G is sometimes referred to as 'Ivory Towers' and its factory and research center in Saint Bernard, Ohio is called 'Ivorydale.' Ivory is whipped with air in its production and floats in water.
		Ivory's well-known slogan, "99 44/100 % pure," was based the results of an analysis by an independent lab the founder's son, Harley Procter, hired to show that Ivory was more pure than the castile soap then available.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Ivory_Soap (381 words)

	IVORY SOAP
		It floated to the top, so I knew that it was a bar of Ivory soap.
		One day, one of their employees absentmindedly forgot to turn off his soap mixing machine when he went to lunch.
		Ivory soap reminds me that even mistakes can be turned into benefit.
	home.wnm.net /~charliea/ivory.html (577 words)

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		Each soap cake is a generous 4 ounces, cured nice and hard so they are quite long lasting.
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	www.hawkmoonsoaps.com /page4.html (699 words)

	The Straight Dope: If Ivory Soap is 99 and 44/100% pure, what's the other 56/100%? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It all started in 1881 when Harley Procter, son of Procter and Gamble co-founder William Procter and a legendary soap salesman in his own right, decided he needed a new angle to hawk Ivory soap.
		A definition of purity having been arrived at, Harley sent out some Ivory Soap for analysis and compared it with earlier analyses he'd had done of castile soap, regarded at the time as the best soap available.
		He was gratified to discover that by his consultant's definition, Ivory soap was purer than the castile soaps.
	www.straightdope.com /classics/a4_157.html (417 words)

	The Seattle Times: Business & Technology: P&G's dirty little secret about Ivory soap
		CINCINNATI — Procter and Gamble is coming clean about the history behind Ivory soap, saying the product's ability to float wasn't discovered by accident.
		The earliest PandG advertising also emphasized Ivory's buoyancy, along with the long-standing claim that the bar soap is "99 and 44/100ths percent pure."
		Ivory became the first blockbuster brand for PandG, a soap and candle company established in 1837.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/businesstechnology/2001961631_ivorysoap22.html (248 words)

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		Antibacterial bar soaps are formulated to stop the spread of bacteria and viruses by adding broad spectrum antimicrobial agents such as chloroxylenol (PCMX).
		Regular personal detergent soaps are designed to lift soil from the skin by suspending particles in the foam.
		Hair and body soaps are a multi-purpose blend that works on hair just as well as it cleans skin making them a great candidate for fitness clubs and schools.
	www.monsterjanitorial.com /soapbars.htm (223 words)

	ViewStory.com \| How do you resolve that issue with ivory soap? (Site not responding. Last check: )
		You just have to decide whether you want to get ivory soap or not despite what everyone else says about it.
		No ivory soap is perfect and you have to accept it's flaws.
		I think being able to talk about ivory soap openly and state what you think about it is very daring.
	www.viewstory.com /Zuki/ivorysoap.asp (323 words)

	Science NetLinks: Does Soap Float?
		Now have students place each bar of soap (one at a time) in a bowl of water and record their observations on the student sheet.
		After the bars of soap has been heated and cooled, have students predict whether they will float and record their hypotheses on the student sheets.
		To learn more about soap, specifically that soap and water wipe grease and grime away because of the special characteristics of soap molecules, go to Meet Molly Cule at The Magic School Bus website.
	www.sciencenetlinks.com /lessons.cfm?DocID=285 (1492 words)

	Ivory - The Name You Trust for Good, Clean Family Fun!
		Ivory - The Name You Trust for Good, Clean Family Fun!
		Take a Fresh Look at Clean with the Soap that Floats!
		each Ivory purchase, fun family activities, special promotions and more!
	www.ivory.com (135 words)

	American Soap Company
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		American Soap Company offers a wide variety of unique favors and gift bags that are perfect for any baby shower, bridal shower, wedding, birthday party, anniversary or a romantic occasion.
		American Soap Company is committed to making your shopping experience a memorable one.
	www.americansoapcompany.com (285 words)

	Ivory Liquid Hand Soap Refill - 16 oz - Featured Items
		Ivory Liquid Hand Osap is specially designed to wash away dirt and bacteria, and it's so gentle to your skin you could even use it on your face.
		So it's great for the whole family in the kitchen, bathroom or wherever you wash.
		Ivory Liquid Hand Soap Refill - 16 oz
	medshopexpress.com /10030658.html (195 words)

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