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ABRAHAM GESNER,
M. D., F. G. S.
GEOLOGIST
BORN AT
CORNWALLIS, N. S.
MAY 2, 1797,
DIED AT HALIFAX
APRIL 29, 1864.
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HIS TREATISE ON
THE GEOLOGY AND
MINERALOGY OF
NOVA SCOTIA, 1836,
WAS ONE OF THE
EARLIEST WORKS
DEALING WITH THOSE
SUBJECTS IN THIS
PROVINCE AND ABOUT
1852 HE WAS THE
AMERICAN INVENTOR
OF THE PROCESS
KEROSENE OIL.
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ERECTED BY
IMPERIAL OIL LTD.
AS A TOKEN OF
APPRECIATION AND
FOR HIS IMPORTANT
CONTRIBUTION TO
THE OIL INDUSTRY.
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