Thomas William Simmonds (b. Dartford, Kent; d. Trinidad in 1804). From Settle, Yorks, UK, Surgeon. Naturalist to Lord Seaforth, Governor of Barbados, 1803. Also noted as being a physician

Desmond, Ray. (1977). Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturists. Taylor and Francis, London.

Jojoba oil is the only unsaturated liquid wax readily extractable in large quantities from plant sources (≈52% of the total seed weight), which shows a high structure similarity with the sperm whale oil. This similarity has increased the interest in Jojoba oil as a replacement for sperm whale oil (spermaceti wax) since the 1970s

Spencer G.F., Plattner R.D., Miwa T. Jojoba oil analysis by high pressure liquid chromatography and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 1977;54:187–189. doi: 10.1007/BF02676270. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8197201/ Link

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