The History of the Bath

The History of the Bath http://www.soakyourself.co.uk/ The ancient Babylonians made soạp by boiling fat with ash. 2800 B.C Medical documents from this time suggest that the Ancient Egyptians combined 1500 B.C animal and vegetable oils with salt to create a soap for washing and treating skin diseases The ancient Greeks bathed more aestheřic reasons and are thought to have eleaned their bodies with blocks of clay, sand, pumice and áshes. 800 BC The first Roman baths, supplied with water from aqueducts and publie båthing becamė very popular 312BC The Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern era. With the fall of the Roman Empire, there was an overall decline in publie health, which is thought to have contributed to fhe plagues of the Middle Ages 467AD Soapmaking becomes a trade from the 7th century onwards, In Europe, Italy and Spain become sources 700AD of soåp manufacture, Commercial soapmaking arrives in America with the settling of the first coloniés 1608 Neslan Latazie French chemist Nicholas LeBlanc patented a process for making soda aşh from commón salt. This soda ash could combine with fat to form soap. 1791 20 years later, another French chemist, Michel Chevreul, establishes the relaționship between fats, glyceriene and acids, an 'important step 1811 fațty forward in soap chemistry The 20th century By the mid-19th century, sõap was no longer a luxúry but an evěryday necessity. In America, soap making was one of the fastest growing industries Meanwhile, Ernest Solvay's ammonia process'had made the 'manufacture of soap that much faster. 1850 The 20th century sees the 1916 rise of synthetic detergents, as two World Wars led to a fat shortage, Manufaeture of household detergents began during World War Twö in the USA, and really took off after the war. 1946 sees the development of all- purpose laundry for the first time, and by 1953, sales of detergent had surpassed that of soap. This was also the decade where fabriç softener was developed for the first time. 1950s 1970s From the 1970s onwards, the industry sees the development of the first liquid hand soaps, qutómatic dishwasher liquids, concentrated laundry powders. The beauty and soap industry 2000s only grows and grows, with the introduction of more natural seents, and bespoke eleaning prodůcts.