MadSci Network: Science History
Query:

Re: WHO DISCOVERED PETROLEUM FIRST?

Date: Tue Dec 1 07:19:57 1998
Posted By: Dan Berger, MadSci Admin
Area of science: Science History
ID: 911938109.Sh
Message:

WHO DISCOVERED PETROLEUM FIRST?


Petroleum has been known since ancient times, when it was obtained from surface seeps; try looking up "naphtha." A more recent timeline for petroleum (since 1859) may be found here.

Your friendly MadSci administrator,

  Dan Berger
  Bluffton College
  http://cs.bluffton.edu/~berger


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