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Ignacy Lukasiewicz
1822-1882
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Ignacy Lukasiewicz is said to be the founder of the petroleum
industry. A pharmacist by profession, he was first to drill for and distill
crude oil in Poland; founded oil distilleries in Gorlice and Jaslo. In
1853 he literally illuminated a dark world by inventing the kerosene lamp.
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