Gasoline ( Petrol )

The petroleum era began in August 1859, when the world's first oil well was drilled near Titusville, pennsylvania.
The petroleum was distilled into fractions according to boiling point, but it was high-boiling kerosene, or lamp oil, rather than gasoline that was primarily sought. Literacy was becoming widespread, and people wanted better light for reading than was available from candles.
Gasoline was too volatile for use in lamps and was initially considered a waste by-product.
The world has changed greatly since those early days, however, and it is now gasoline rather than lamp oil that is prized.