There are over one hundred and fifty, in 1846, two native New England took the first step in establishing an industry which has since acquired national importance. The baking soda, which is a trade name for sodium bicarbonate is now found in virtually every country kitchen, and is considered a necessity by millions of Americans. She was prepared for commercial distribution for the first time by two former New British, John Dwi...
There are over one hundred and fifty, in 1846, two native New England took the first step in establishing an industry which has since acquired national importance. The baking soda, which is a trade name for sodium bicarbonate is now found in virtually every country kitchen, and is considered a necessity by millions of Americans. She was prepared for commercial distribution for the first time by two former New British, John Dwight of Massachusetts and his brother, Dr. Austin Church of Connecticut. Dr. Austin Church was born in the year that George Washington died, 1799, in East Haddam, Connecticut. He studied medicine at Yale and received his doctorate in 1823. After marrying Nancy Dwight, he moved to Hartford, Connecticut, and later lived in Rochester, New York. John Dwight was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, in 1819, and was a descendant of John Dwight was born in England in 1600, who settled in Deedham, Massachusetts. John Dwight and his brother, Dr. Church, started manufacturing baking soda in this country in 1846. The first factory was in the kitchen your home with baking soda and packaged in hand-paper packaging. (Today, baking totally pure sodium is processed and packaged by highly specialized modern machinery, and reaches the consumer having never been touched by human hands.) A year later, in 1847, John Dwight and Company company was established, and subsequently Brand name Cow (Cow Brand) was adopted as a trademark for the Saleratus (aerated salt) Dwight, as it was called. The standard package then weighed one pound (0.45 kg). The cow was adopted as a trademark because of the use of curd with saleratus in baking processes. Based on its popularity, Dr. Church felt there was a greater need for sodium bicarbonate saleratus, a need that justified the development of larger production facilities. He formed a partnership known as Church & Company, doing business under the name of this company with his sons James A. Church and Dwight E. Church. He used to mark ARM & HAMMER (Arm & Hammer) as its trademark to identify the baking soda manufactured by Church & Co. In 1896, the descendants of the founders of the two companies consolidated their interests under the name of Church & Dwight Co. Inc. Today the use of sodium bicarbonate is no longer restricted to the kitchen. It is used throughout the house, at all stages of housekeeping and personal hygiene. Sodium bicarbonate ARM & HAMMER, which was first prepared in a New England village, is now used worldwide.
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