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How did people discover gasoline?

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Tylerallen25

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13y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

When the petroleum industry started, the desired product was kerosene for home lighting lamps. Before the modern crude oil refinery was developed, oil was boiled and distilled in a single stage distillation similar to wiskey stills. Gasoline was the fraction that came off first and since the automobile had not yet been developed, there was no use for the gasoline. Gasoline was a waste product and was thrown out or burned to make more kerosene.

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