Memorial board on Kopernik street in Lviv reminds about two Lviv chemists who in May 1853 invented gas lamp. This invention paved way for oil industry

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Memorial board on the Kopernik street in Lviv reminds about two Lviv chemists who in May 1853 invented gas lamp and discovered oil refining technology. Two years later this technology was successfully implemented in the USA by Benjamin Silliman. This invention opened the way to Rockefeller's successful oil business

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Size: 3543px × 5315px
Location: lviv ukraine
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License: Licensed
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