The Oil Dilemma

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Oil production slowed down and reemerged in the mid 1850's, when parallel experiments by chemists were undertaken in Europe and the United States to refine oil (Maugeri 24). The famous Canadian scientist, Abraham Gesner, was responsible for the discovery of modern oil distillation. He patented a new oil product, kerosene, to be used for "illumination or other purposes," in the United States in 1854 (Maugeri 66)...
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The famous Canadian scientist, Abraham Gesner, was responsible for the discovery of modern oil distillation. He patented a new oil product, kerosene, to be used for "illumination or other purposes," in the United States in 1854 (Maugeri 66). Since it was cheaper, safer, and better than whale oil, which was quickly running out as a result of intensive over fishing, it was quickly adopted by western civilization (Maugeri 72)...
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