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Abraham Pineo Gesner Abraham Gesner

Date

27th Mar 1855
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170 Years ago

Abraham Gesner patented Kerosene.


On March 27th 1855, Canadian geologist and inventor Abraham Pineo Gesner’s company ‘the North American Kerosene Gas and Lighting’ was patented for process of producing kerosene in USA, a significant step in the development of the modern petroleum industry.

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