First lighting with a kerosene lamp
Łukasiewicz introduces kerosene lighting.
- Year
- 1853
- Place
- Lwów, Galicja
- Domain
- Wynalazek
Ignacy Łukasiewicz built an improved kerosene lamp, and a night operation was carried out by its light in a hospital in Lwów. The event marked the birth of the oil industry.
Why it matters
The birth of the modern oil industry.