kerosene
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Then Yale chemist Benjamin Silliman Jr. showed how crude oil could be fractionated into various liquids, one of which was kerosene, an excellent illuminant that was much cheaper than whale oil.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Airlines—currently second in the demand-destruction stakes, the IEA says—will buy more kerosene.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
The two are both forms of kerosene and are essentially similar.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
The price of kerosene plummeted to 26 cents a gallon in 1870, from 58 cents in 1865.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
Searching the room for more bullets, we realized that we had no matches to light the kerosene lamp or the three-legged stove.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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