„Witold Zglenicki’s works, just like the works of Ignacy Łukasiewicz, are still writing new history and determining the fate of the world.” Read more in the book „A Prometheus on a Human Scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz”, which can be found in … Continued
„The number of oil mines in Subcarpathia at the turn of the 20th century was estimated at over 250, and at the beginning of the 1910s this number reached 400.” Read more in the book „A Prometheus on a Human Scale … Continued
Call For Papers – Extended Deadline for submission of scientific articles! The ultimate due date is on 31st October 2019 All scientists and researchers are cordially invited to submit their articles, dissertations, case studies, reviews or conference reports. The Energy Policy Studies journal … Continued
„Despite of the fact, that Mendeleyev was a remarkable subject of the Russian tsar and, after all, a scientist of great fame, Witold Zglenicki dreamt of working under the direction of Ignacy Łukasiewicz in the Polish oil industry.” Read more … Continued
„In the mid-1870s Ignacy Łukasiewicz, together with Karol Klobassa took the initiative to establish a lower mining school in Bóbrka, modelled on the one-year mining school at the salt pans in Wieliczka, which had been in existence for several years.” … Continued
The oil field in Bóbrka 1911. Source of picture: The Ignacy Łukasiewicz Oil and Gas Industry Museum in Bóbrka Read more in the book „A Prometheus on a Human Scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz”, which can be found in the link … Continued
A Prometheus on a Human Scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz! Piotr Franaszek, Paweł Grata, Anna Kozicka-Kołaczkowska, Mariusz Ruszel and Grzegorz Zamoyski. Peter Lang, Berlin 2019. https://www.peterlang.com/abstract/title/66373… Publication financed by The Ignacy Łukasiewicz Oil and Gas Industry Museum in Bóbrka, GAZ-SYSTEM, PERN … Continued
„Ignacy had many supporters. Even Klobassa (ovner of the land) for several years in a row neglected to collect rent from his partners for the exploitation of his land, also suggested to Trzecieski that they should invest a thousand guilders … Continued
Ignacy Łukasiewicz’s mansion in Chorkówka. Source of picture: The National Digital Archives. More in book „A Prometheus on a Human Scale – Ignacy Łukasiewicz”, which is coming soon!
„Łukasiewicz did not hesitate to start his insurgent work even from his prison cell. Through a guard, he made contact with an emissary from France and began to organise a network of the freedom movement, also involving his brother outside.” … Continued
