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oapen-20.500.12657-515742021-12-22T15:43:17Z A Prometheus on a Human Scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz Franaszek, Piotr Grata, Paweł Anna, Kozicka-Kołaczkowska Ruszel, Mariusz Zamoyski, Grzegorz Crude oil Franaszek Human Ignacy Karosene lamp Łukasiewicz Oil rafinery Oil well Pioneers of the oil industry Prometheus Scale bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering & technology bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KN Industry & industrial studies::KNB Energy industries & utilities bic Book Industry Communication::T Technology, engineering, agriculture::TB Technology: general issues::TBY Inventions & inventors This book is dedicated to the life and work of Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish pharmacist whose world-renowned achievements include construction of the world’s first oil refinery and invention of the modern kerosene lamp. The authors also portray the history of the Galician oil industry and set it in the context of political, social and technological changes taking place in the 19th-century Central and Eastern Europe. "The work adds substantially to existing scholarship in English. As the author of the only English-language academic monograph devoted to a general history of the Galician oil industry, I can attest that this manuscript adds significant and important information, details, depth of investigation that is not provided in my book or any other book. It therefore makes a novel contribution that will be very valuable to anyone looking for a truly detailed account of Ignacy Łukasiewicz’s contribution within the context of the Galician oil industry in general." Alison Frank Johnson Professor of History and of Germanic Languages and Literatures Harvard University, Center for European Studies "The authors sketch the profiles of two outstanding Poles, pioneers of the oil industry – Ignacy Łukasiewicz, MSc. in Pharmacy, and mining engineer and geologist Witold Zglenicki, called the Polish Nobel (...) This scientific work is an interesting and captivating read. It can be used not only by scientists and students, but also by everyone who is interested in industrial cultural heritage (...)." Krzysztof Broński Professor and Head of Department of Economic and Social History Economic University in Kraków 2021-11-26T13:49:11Z 2021-11-26T13:49:11Z 2019 book ONIX_20211126_9783631801062_2 9783631801062 9783631801079 9783631801086 9783631792919 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/51574 eng application/pdf n/a 9783631801062.pdf https://www.peterlang.com/downloadpdf/title/66373 Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b16091 10.3726/b16091 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 9783631801062 9783631801079 9783631801086 9783631792919 298 Bern open access
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This book is dedicated to the life and work of Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Polish pharmacist whose world-renowned achievements include construction of the world’s first oil refinery and invention of the modern kerosene lamp. The authors also portray the history of the Galician oil industry and set it in the context of political, social and technological changes taking place in the 19th-century Central and Eastern Europe. "The work adds substantially to existing scholarship in English. As the author of the only English-language academic monograph devoted to a general history of the Galician oil industry, I can attest that this manuscript adds significant and important information, details, depth of investigation that is not provided in my book or any other book. It therefore makes a novel contribution that will be very valuable to anyone looking for a truly detailed account of Ignacy Łukasiewicz’s contribution within the context of the Galician oil industry in general." Alison Frank Johnson Professor of History and of Germanic Languages and Literatures Harvard University, Center for European Studies "The authors sketch the profiles of two outstanding Poles, pioneers of the oil industry – Ignacy Łukasiewicz, MSc. in Pharmacy, and mining engineer and geologist Witold Zglenicki, called the Polish Nobel (...) This scientific work is an interesting and captivating read. It can be used not only by scientists and students, but also by everyone who is interested in industrial cultural heritage (...)." Krzysztof Broński Professor and Head of Department of Economic and Social History Economic University in Kraków
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