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Abraham Pineo Gesner, ONB (/ˈɡɛsnər/; May 2, 1797 – April 29, 1864) was a Nova Scotian and New Brunswickan physician and geologist who invented kerosene...

was registered as a trademark by Nova Scotia geologist and inventor Abraham Gesner in 1854 before evolving into a generic trademark. It is sometimes spelled...

Gesner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797–1864), Canadian physician and geologist Alonzo Gesner (1842–1912)...

Abraham Gesner (1756–1851) was a farmer and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Annapolis County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from...

earliest instances of this is the refining of paraffin from crude oil. Abraham Gesner developed a process to refine a liquid fuel (which he would later call...

invented by Olivia Poole in 1959 Kerosene – discovered in the 1840s by Abraham Gesner Lawn sprinkler – invented by Elijah McCoy LongPen – invented by Margaret...

with the discovery of whale oil. The use of whale oil declined after Abraham Gesner, a Canadian geologist, first refined kerosene in the 1840s, allowing...

7, 2019. Then in 1846, a Nova Scotian physician and geologist named Abraham Gesner invented kerosene. This pioneering form of fossil fuel, which some called...

back another 88 years to 1842 and to the work of Dr. Abraham Gesner. On 5 April 1842, Abraham Gesner opened the Museum of Natural History, the precursor...

by a process invented by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner. Young won his patent lawsuit against the Gesner process in the United States in 1860. But by...

of albertite and pitch that kerosene was first distilled in 1846 by Abraham Gesner, a New Brunswick geologist who had heard stories of rocks that burned...

Indies Station, Cochrane became acquainted with geologist and physicist Abraham Gesner in Halifax. The pair planned a commercial venture that would supply...

lecture on multiple branches of natural history, including geology. Abraham Gesner, inventor of kerosene, gave lectures on geology, mineralogy, Nova Scotia's...

stub Abraham Gesner (1839). First report on the geological survey of the province of New-Brunswick. Saint John. ISBN 9780665448102. Abraham Gesner (1840)...

Soddy Josephson voltage standard - Brian Josephson Kerosene invented : Abraham Gesner and James Young. Kinetic theory of gases developed : James Maxwell....

Geologists were first attracted to this locality in the late 1820s with Abraham Gesner, Richard Brown, Thomas Jackson and Francis Alger all making important...

events set the stage for the Age of Oil: The first was in 1846, when Abraham Gesner invented kerosene making coal and petroleum practical raw materials...

Aitken Former NHLer Jerry Byers Actor Peter Donat Inventor of kerosene Abraham Gesner Comedian Jay Malone Linguist Silas Tertius Rand Zoologist Austin L....

1850s, the process to distill kerosene from petroleum was invented by Abraham Gesner. The demand for the petroleum as a fuel for lighting around the world...

Hill Cemetery, Halifax. Burial site for Joseph Howe, Robert Stanfield, Abraham Gesner, Viola Desmond Fairview Cemetery, Halifax. Many victims of the RMS Titanic...