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the liquid that lit the modern world, then quietly switched to flying it across oceans.
means A thin, flammable liquid distilled from petroleum, once burned in lamps and now used chiefly as jet fuel and heating oil.
from Coined in the mid-19th century by Canadian geologist Abraham Gesner, who distilled it from coal and named it from the Greek 'keros' (wax) plus the chemical suffix '-ene', because the stuff had a waxy character. It was originally a trademark before the name slipped loose into common use — which is why much of the world still calls the same liquid 'paraffin' instead.
- whale savior
- Replaced whale oil, accidentally rescuing whales from extinction
- jet fuel
- Modern jet fuel is basically refined kerosene
- freeze point
- Stays liquid down to around minus 40 Celsius
- name origin
- From Greek for wax, coined in 1854
- flash point
- Won't ignite from a tossed match alone
shell kerosene lamp oil — largest petroleum product brand, used in 2+ billion kerosene lamps across africa and asia
jet a-1 fuel — kerosene-based aviation fuel powering all commercial aircraft globally since 1990s
indian railways kerosene stove — kerosene cooking stoves standard on indian railways, serving 23 million daily passengers