Christopher Tidy wrote:

Robert Swinney wrote:

I have an even older Wagner 7.5 HP motor with grease fittings on each
end. Grease is a way to keep something oiled without having to tend
to it very often. Think of grease as it was originally . . . oil
absorbed into soap flakes.


Interesting. I never heard that before. I had always assumed that the
first grease was derived from animal fat.

... soap being of course animal fat boiled up with lye

Grant
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