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Silliman, Benjamin, Jr

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Silliman, Benjamin, Jr (1816–1885)

US chemist and geologist. Silcox succeeded his father as professor of chemistry at Yale, 1853–70. He is best known for his 1885 chemical analysis of rock oil from central Pennsylvania, effectively launching the modern petroleum industry. He revealed the oil to be distillable, and suggested uses for oil ‘fractions’such as kerosene and paraffin.



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