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A head and shoulders portrait of Samuel Kier.
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A head and shoulders portrait of Samuel Kier.

Credit: Courtesy the Drake Well Museum, PHMC Bureau of Historic Sites and Museums

Samuel Kier was one of the first entrepreneurs to experiment with "rock oil" as an illuminant, creating a market for a substance previously considered a nuisance by those drilling for salt water.

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