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was beginning to become a well-

demanded commodity. The value

was not in the oil itself but in one

of the products of refining oil –

kerosene. Before oil, America and the

rest of the world was in darkness

once nighttime strikes. The saying

the night comes when no man can

work held true as darkness ruled

during the night. But with oil, the

kerosene lamps were invented and

Americans could have street lights

and lamps powered by kerosene.

Darkness no longer ruled during the