Edwin Laurentine Drake (1810-1880), American oil pioneer, striking oil near Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, 27 August 1859. Engraving from 'Les Merveilles de la Science' by Louis Figuier (Paris, c1870).

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Edwin Laurentine Drake (1810-1880), American oil pioneer, striking oil near Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, 27 August 1859. Engraving from 'Les Merveilles de la Science' by Louis Figuier (Paris, c1870).

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