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Person

Jesse Fell

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1808

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Jesse Fell, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Jesse Fell first burns anthracite coal for residential heating

    1808

    Role: Political leader in Wilkes-Barre who demonstrated anthracite burning on an open grate

    1. 11 February 1808 · Wilkes-Barre, PennsylvaniaFell's Anthracite Heating Demonstration

      Judge Jesse Fell burned anthracite coal in an open grate in Wilkes-Barre on 11 February 1808 to prove its viability as residential heating fuel.

Sources

  1. Jesse Fell Wikipedia, revision of 2025-10-19
  2. Anthracite Wikipedia, revision of 2026-02-21