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Zespol Szkol in Lubcza, Poland presents:

Zespol Szkol in Lubcza, Poland presents:. Ignacy Łukasiewicz. The inventor of a kerosene lamp. Date of birth: 18th March 1822 Place of birth: Zaduszniki - a small village in the south-east of Poland, near Mielec. Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer :

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Zespol Szkol in Lubcza, Poland presents:

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  1. Zespol Szkol in Lubcza, Poland presents:

  2. Ignacy Łukasiewicz The inventor of a kerosene lamp. Date of birth: 18th March 1822 Place of birth: Zaduszniki - a small village in the south-east of Poland, near Mielec

  3. Polish pharmacist and petroleum industry pioneer : 1853 he invented the modern kerosene lamp 1853 he introduced the first modern street lamp in Europe and the construction of the first oil well in Poland (1854). 1856he built the first oil refinery in the world; among his other achievements were the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep oil

  4. Kerosene lamp In 1853 Ignacy Łukasiewicz together with Jan Zeh, was thefirstin the world to distill clear kerosene from seep oil. The first oil lamp in the world appeared in the streets of Lwów (Ukraine) in March 1853.

  5. The kerosene lamp (widely known in Britain as a paraffin lamp) is a type of lighting device that uses kerosene(British "paraffin", as distinct from paraffin wax) as a fuel. Kerosene lamps have a wick or mantle as light source, protected by a glass chimney or globe; lamps may be used on a table, or hand-held lanterns may used forportable lighting.

  6. A portableoillamp

  7. An indoorkerosenelamp

  8. The street in Gorlice where the kerosene street lamp was used for the first time in the world.

  9. TheMuseum of oil lamps in Krosno and Ulaszowice / Bóbrka near Jasło

  10. TheMuseum of oil lamps in Krosno and Ulaszowice / Bóbrka near Jasło

  11. The former office building from the time of Ignacy Łukasiewicz.  The exhibitions presented in all seven rooms of the building are devoted to various aspects of the history of Polish petroleum industry.

  12. Jan Szczepanik The inventor of a bulletproof vest

  13. Date of birth: 13 June 1872 Place of birth: Rudniki near Mościska ( ?) Date of death: 18 April 1926 in Tarnów (30 km from Lubcza) Polish teacher and inventor called "Polish Edison" and "Galician genius." Described in two articles by Mark Twain. Jan Szczepanik

  14. In these photoswith his family

  15. The inventor of bulletproof vest. A bulletproof vest is a special dress made in the form of more or less resembling a vest, designed to protect against bullets fired from a gun like a pistol, a rifle and a shotgun.

  16. The power of bullet was absorbed in the successive layers of fabric the vest was made of. The material used in the production of the vest was silk - as there was no other known with a higher fibers strength. The design of the bulletproof vest consisted of several layers of densely woven silk impregnated with a special substance ( it’s name was kept as a secret for many years). Szczepanik’s invention was patented in 1897.

  17. The first tests of the bulletproof vest were carried out in Vienna in 1901.

  18. The inventor is testing the vesthimself.

  19. Alfonso XIII - King of Spain photo from 1901 The inventor became world famous in 1902 when the carriage covered with bulletproof fabric saved the king’s life. In gratitude the king decorated Szczepanik with a medal.

  20. Al Capone and his gangsters. Among the first who began to take care of their safety were the American gangsters. In the 1920’s have developed this kind of "trade dress" of fabric obszywanych!!! steel plates, which have a higher ballistic performance but also repeatedly raised the same weight vest, which she moves embarrassed protected.

  21. The weaving machine. Jan Szczepanik is also the inventor of the color weaving. On the left : the world's first automatic weaving machine - the invention of John Szczepanik

  22. Mark Twain's article about Szczepanik.

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