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This is a list of historic filling stations and service stations, including a few tire service stations which did not have gas pumps. Many of these in the United States are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The history of gasoline started around the invention of internal combustion engines suitable for use in transportation applications. The so-called Otto engines were developed in Germany during the last quarter of the 19th century. The fuel for these early engines was a relatively volatile hydrocarbon obtained from coal gas.
Pre-fabricated gas station, Culver City, California, US 1977 Filling station in Argos, Greece. A filling station (also known as a gas station or petrol station ) is a facility that sells fuel and engine lubricants for motor vehicles. The most common fuels sold are gasoline (or petrol) and diesel fuel.
Dodge hired Milwaukee architect Alexander C. Eschweiler to design eye-catching stations. [2] Inspired by Japanese culture, which was popular at the turn of the century, he created Wadham's signature pagoda. [2] As well as a prime example of Japonism, the design was one of the earlier examples of architecture forging a brand identity. [citation ...
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This page collects helpful resources — Web sites, books, journals, and so on — to assist in writing good mathematics articles. To follow the scientific citation guidelines adopted by WikiProject Mathematics, every article should cite high quality sources where readers can learn more about the topic.
[9] [10] The stores were open every day, including holidays, and did not sell fuel at first. [11] Kwik Trip added new stores in the Eau Claire area in the following years and added gasoline in 1970. [12] The first La Crosse location opened in 1971, and in 1973, a distribution center was built and the headquarters moved to La Crosse.
This is a timeline of pure and applied mathematics history.It is divided here into three stages, corresponding to stages in the development of mathematical notation: a "rhetorical" stage in which calculations are described purely by words, a "syncopated" stage in which quantities and common algebraic operations are beginning to be represented by symbolic abbreviations, and finally a "symbolic ...