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
By 1900 the names Rockefeller and Flager were legendary, and the price of kerosene had dropped continuously thanks to economies of scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
Climate activists are urging movie stars to fly economy or take the train to Cannes after saying private jets burned two millions of litres of kerosene getting them to the film festival last year.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
The two are both forms of kerosene and are essentially similar.
From BBC ● May 8, 2026
We call it paraffin at home, but the Americans call it kerosene, and that is more or less what the word sounds like in French and German too.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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