Today in Island History
1846 At a lecture to the Mechanics Institute at the Courthouse in Charlottetown, Abraham Gesner lectures on caloric (heat). He unveils his newly invented fuel oil -- kerosene. His audience was enthusiastic but little knew they were witnessing the birth of the petroleum refining industry.
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