Ignacy Łukasiewicz [10]
200th Anniversary of the Birth of Ignacy Łukasiewicz
Face value: 10 pln
Alloy: 999/1000 Ag
Diameter: 32 mm
Weight: 31.1 g
Finish: proof
Mintage: 10000 pcs
On the edge: smooth
Additional: no
Date of issue: 2022-03-08
Issue price: 290 pln
Designer: Dobrochna Surajewska
Designer: Dobrochna Surajewska
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On 31 July 1853, an operating theatre of
a Lviv hospital was illuminated by the light
of a paraffin lamp that was invented by
pharmacist Ignacy Łukasiewicz and made by
tinsmith Adam Bratkowski. It marked the first
attempt to use the invention in a public space.
What was revolutionary was not the lamp itself,
but the use of paraffin to fuel it, which was
obtained from crude oil by fractional distillation.
The achievement was confirmed on 2 December
1853 by a patent granted by the Austrian Patent
Office. It was issued in the two names of Ignacy
Łukasiewicz and his associate Jan Zeh.
In addition to devising a method for obtaining
paraffin and inventing the paraffin lamp, while
still working at the “Pod Złotą Gwiazdą” [Under
the Golden Star] ...