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Sept. 5, 1885: Pay at the Pump

wired.com — 1885: Sylvanus F. Bowser delivers the first gasoline pump. It improves safety, but can't guarantee low prices.The automobile was yet to be invented, and gasoline was a byproduct of refining kerosene for stoves and lamps. Some of that equipment could use gasoline, but it wasn't much in demand.

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  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -0/+2A bowser is also a tank truck that delivers fuel to airplanes on the tarmac, and in Britain the term applies as well to self-propelled tanks carrying any fluid that is delivered directly to the end user for instance, water after a disaster.
  • Wodle, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Sylvanus F Bowser ....***** If that was my name I would reappear in 1985 as King Bowser and let kids jump on my head too... Sht comment I know. Im stoned but looking at a mario bros 3 poster

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