Wednesday 10 December 2014
Jan Zeh as Polish pioneer of fossil fuel exploration
Over a week ago, Poland celebrated unusual
anniversary. December 2, 1853, Polish pharmacist, Jan Zeh received a patent for
the distillation of crude oil. This inventor was one of the pioneers of the oil
exploration in Europe, if not all over the world.
At the beginning of his career, just after graduating from university, together with Ignacy Lukasiewicz, Jan Zeh worked in one of the Lviv’s pharmacies where
he was conducting experiments. During one of them, young scientists discovered kerosene
distillate (later used as a fuel in oil lamps), which have been used in
tinsmith (constructed by Adam Bratkowski). Thanks to this discovery, it was possible to
perform first operation after the sun went down, on May 27, 1853.
In
his own refineries in Lviv, from 1853 to the beginning of the nineteenth
century Jan produced kerosene, lubricants, paraffin candles which he sold in
the shop in Lviv, across the country and abroad.
In
the 60s of nineteenth century, Jan decided to not pursue further career within
oil industry and decided to come back to his learnt profession.
Article:
Picture:
Monument
of Ignacy Lukasiewicz and Jan Zeh in Lviv, Ukraine - part with Jan Zeh
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monument_of_Ignacy_Lukasiewicz_and_Jan_Zeh_-_part_with_Jan_Zeh.jpg
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