Lucy was well known for her speaking ability -- according to her 1821 obituary, the fluency of her speech captivated all around her -- and she used her skills a number of times in defense of her family's rights and property.
In some countries old kerosene is used for charcoal lighter. In the US, charcoal lighter fluid is usually Naphtha or a mix of Naphtha and kerosene. Some people use kerosene thinned with alcohol to make is easier to light and faster to burn. -Mark.
The term kerosene is common in much of India, Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Kerosene is usually called paraffin in the UK, Southeast Asia, East Africa and South Africa. A more viscous paraffin oil is used as a laxative. A waxy solid extracted from petroleum is called paraffin wax.Kerosene is widely used to power jet engines of aircraft (jet fuel) and some rocket engines, and is also commonly used as a cooking and lighting fuel and for fire toys such as poi.In parts of Asia, where the price of kerosene is subsidized, it fuels outboard motors on small fishing boats.n the petroleum industry, kerosene is often used as a synthetic hydrocarbon for corrosion experiments to simulate crude oil in field conditions. Kerosene is an effective pesticide, killing a large variety of insectsânotably bed bugs and head lice.