Home›Articles›Who first made kerosene: Gesner, Young and the patent that decided itArticleWho first made kerosene: Gesner, Young and the patent that decided itArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnAbraham Pineo Gesner, Healers Well-attested SourcesAbraham Pineo Gesner (Wikipedia)The North American Kerosene CompanyQuote, The North American Kerosene CompanyAlthough Young only began his distillation experiments in 1848, two years after Gesner's first public demonstration of Kerosene, he was first to file an American patent for his process in 1852.View the SourceMedicine Atlas Original Articlestier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.