Paxo
Cruisin' Guzzisti
I've been wondering, probably because it's a bit too cold for bike riding, why petroleum spirit is known as petrol in the UK and gasoline in the US (and no doubt other countries). Was it a trade or brand name there? I know the derivation of petrol, it comes from petrology or the study of rocks, but where did the name gasoline come from? Any geologists or petroleum engineers out there?