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Ignacy Łukasiewicz

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Dec 8, 11, 21:52 #1

A Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer who in 1856 built the first oil refinery in the world.[1] Among his other achievements were the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep oil, the invention of the modern kerosene lamp (1853), the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe (1853), and the construction of the first oil well in Poland (1854).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_%C5%81ukasiewicz

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 9, 11, 09:17 #2
The first kerosene fractionaliser, actually - it bears little resemblance to the modern refining process, but was nevertheless a first. The wiki page is inaccurate. A clever man.

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