Kim byl ignacy lukasiewicz kerosene furnace

He was one of the most prominent philanthropists in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , crown land of Austria-Hungary. He was a pioneer who in built the world's first modern oil refinery. His achievements included the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep crude oil , the invention of the modern kerosene lamp , the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe , and the construction of the world's first modern oil well His family was of Armenian origin.

There Ignacy entered the local secondary school Konarski's Gymnasium , but failed to pass the examinations and left in The organization's aim was to prepare an all-national uprising against all three partitioning powers. After several years of studies, financed mostly by Mikolasch, he passed all his university examinations except for that in pharmacognosy , which prevented him from graduating.

As soon as he returned to the pharmacy of Piotr Mikolasch in Lviv he began a new phase of his life devoted to the studies of exploiting kerosene.

Łukasiewicz built distilleries in the area, where, apart from kerosene, he produced other substances: greases, asphalt, various oils.

After pharmaceutical methods and processes the purified oil was obtained and sold in the local pharmacies, but the orders were small due to high prices. He set up many companies together with entrepreneurs and landowners. Later that year, he set up the first kerosene street lamp in Gorlice's Zawodzie district. In subsequent years he opened several other oil wells, each as a joint venture with local merchants and businessmen.

The Polish inventor and pharmacist Ignacy Lukasiewicz () was the inventor of the kerosene lamp and an important figure in the early European oil industry.

As demand for kerosene was still low, the plant initially produced mostly artificial asphalt , machine oil, and lubricants. The refinery was destroyed in an fire, but was rebuilt at Polanka , near Krosno , the following year. He openly supported the January Uprising and financed help for refugees.