Franek Trefalt

	Franek Trefalt Franek is the oldest oil shaft in the world, located in the village of Bóbrka, Poland. It was dug in 1854 by hand by Ignacy Łukasiewicz. References Oil wells {{Poland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Oil Shaft An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated lipids that are liquid at room temperature. The general definition of oil includes classes of chemical compounds that may be otherwise unrelated in structure, properties, and uses. Oils may be animal, vegetable, or petrochemical in origin, and may be volatile or non-volatile. They are used for food (e.g., olive oil), fuel (e.g., heating oil), medical purposes (e.g., mineral oil), lubrication (e.g. motor oil), and the manufacture of many types of paints, plastics, and other materials. Specially prepared oils are used in some religious ceremonies and rituals as purifying agents. Etymology First attested in English 1176, the word ''oil'' comes from Old French ''oile'', from Latin ''oleum'', which in turn comes from the Greek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bóbrka, Krosno County Bóbrka is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chorkówka, within Krosno County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It lies approximately south-east of Chorkówka, south-west of Krosno, and south-west of the regional capital Rzeszów. Bóbrka with the surrounding area from Krosno to Gorlice is among the oldest places where the roots of world oil industry started. In the forest near Bóbrka the world's first oil field was established, with a regular oil output since 1854. One of the rock oil mine owners was Polish pharmacist, Ignacy Łukasiewicz Jan Józef Ignacy Łukasiewicz (; 8 March 1822 – 7 January 1882) was a Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. He was one of the most prominent philanthropists in the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, crown land o ..., who was the first to produce distilled kerosene from oil in 1852/1853. He also invented the kerosene lamp in 1853. The village has a population of 800. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ignacy Lukasiewicz Ignacy is a Polish given name. Notable people with the name include: Ignacy Tadeusz Baranowski (1879–1917), Polish historian Piotr Ignacy Bieńkowski (1865–1925), Polish classical scholar and archaeologist, professor of Jagiellonian University Ignacy Bohusz (1720–1778), noble in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Ignacy Daszyński (1866–1936), Polish politician, journalist and Prime Minister of the Polish government created in Lublin in 1918 Ignacy Domeyko (1802–1889), 19th-century geologist, mineralogist and educator Ignacy Działyński (1754–1797), Polish nobleman known for his participation in the Warsaw Uprising of 1794 Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807–1867), Polish pianist and composer Ignacy Hryniewiecki (1856–1881), member of the People's Will and the assassin of Tsar Alexander II of Russia Ignacy Jeż (1914–2007), the Latin Rite Catholic Bishop Emeritus of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg, Poland Henryk Ignacy Kamieński (1777–1831), Polish brigadier general ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]