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Here is an addendum to the subject of kerosene which

is trifling but perhaps not without interest. The Times in solitary grandeur writes " kerosine " instead of " kerosene." The Oxford Dictionary says that the name kerosene was given to the oil by Abraham Gesner when he first manufactured it by distillation from petroleum in 1846. There are as many organic compounds which are spelt " ine " as are spelt " ene " ; but as Mr. Gesner apparently chose " ene," and there is no true classical precedent for either choice, we will let him have his way.

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