Published on
Apr 29, 2025
Abraham Gesner, the Canadian doctor who invented kerosene and lit up the world
In the early 1840s, whale oil was used to light lamps, but it was expensive, smoky, and pushing whales towards extinction. Enter Abraham Gesner -- a Canadian physician and geologist with a curious mind and a knack for experimentation,. At a time when homes …
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India Today
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