Kerosene

A rock or earth oil. Morse v. Ins. Co., 30 Wis. 534, 11 Am. Rep. 587. It is, in a commercial sense, a refined coal or earth oil, and is embraced within those terms as used in an insurance policy. Bennett v. Ins. Co., 81 N. Y. 273, 37 Am. Rep. 501. It is not petroleum, but made from the latter by a process of distillation and refinement. Bennett v. Ins. Co., 81 N. Y. 273, 37 Am. Rep. 501. A court will not take judicial notice that kerosene is an "inflammable fluid" within the meaning of an insurance policy, nor that it is a "burning fluid"; Mark v. Ins. Co., 24 Hun (N. Y.) 565. See Morse v. Ins. Co., 30 Wis. 534, 11 Am. Rep. 587. It is a question for the jury whether kerosene is a burning fluid or chemical oil; Mears v. Ins. Co., 92 Pa. 15, 37 Am. Rep. 647; or a drug; Carrigan v. Ins. Co., 53 Vt. 418, 38 Am. Rep. 687; where the court, after quoting Webster's definition of a drug, as "any mineral substance used in chemical operations," declined to say as matter of law that benzine is not included in that term. See Risks and Perils; Oil; Negligence; Mines and Mining; Gas.