I kitea te propane i roto i te hinu hinu Pennsylvania marama e Edmund Ronalds i roto i 1864. Walter O. Snelling o te US Bureau o Mines fakamamafa'i reira rite te wāhanga rere i roto i te penehini i roto i 1910, i te timatanga o te ahumahi propane i roto i te United States. te rere o enei hydrocarbons māmā meinga ratou ki te kia mohiotia rite "wild" no te mea o te pēhanga rere tiketike o te penehini unrefined. March 31, 1912, The New York Times pūrongo i runga i te mahi a Snelling ki te hau hau, mea "ka kawea he pounamu maitai nui ki te marama he kāinga noa mo te toru wiki".I roto i tenei wa i kitea e Snelling, i roto i te mahi tahi ki a Frank P. Peterson, Chester Kerr, ko Arthur Kerr, i whakaoti i te reira i roto i te hinu hinu marama Pennsylvania i roto i 1864. i roto i te marama o Hōngongoi 1911, i roto i te tau tuatahi i hangaia i roto i te US, i roto i te tau tuatahi, i roto i te tau tuatahi i whakaritea e te US, i
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