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• BALLISTOL: ITS
BIRTH
In 1874, Friedrich Wilhelm Klever, an attorney with interest in economy,
founded the Klever Company” in Cologne, Germany. He began producing oils and
greases from coal and eventually bought a coal mine so he would not run out
of raw materials. At the turn of the century the imperial German Army (the
Wehrmacht) began to look for an all-around oil. The idea was to maintain the
metallic parts of the soldier’s rifle but also to protect the wooden stocks
and his leather gear. The soldier was to use the same oil for the treatment
of minor wounds, sores and scratches. Friedrich’s son, Dr. Helmut Klever,
had become a professor of chemistry at the Technical University of Karlsruhe.
He set out to develop what the Army wanted. In 1904 he succeeded to produce
a special oil which he named BALLISTOL, from the word ballistic and the
Latin word for oil, ‘oleum’. Thus the descriptive meaning of the word
BALLISTOL is: ballistic oil. It soon became obvious that the new wonder Oil
had truly amazing capabilities. The Army tested it and adopted it in 1905
and it stayed in use until 1945. But the word had spread and within a decade
hunters, boaters, motorists, hikers, mountaineers and outdoorsmen in
Germany, Austria and Switzerland convened to the new miracle oil.
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