A Practical Treatise on Petroleum: Comprising Its Origin, Geology, Geographical Distribution, History, Chemistry, Mining, Technology, Uses and Transportation. Together with a Description of Gas Wells, the Application of Gas as Fuel, Etc

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CHAPTER IV
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RUSSIAN PETROLEUM
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Use of petroleum as liquid fuel Major Marshs statement of the state
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Naphtha well at Balakhani Naphtha yield of the great well Thorn
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Excessive supply rendering the oil almost without price Capping of
103
Formation of oil in the coal conglomerate in Southwestern Pennsylvania
109
Advantages claimed for the use of this liquid fuel
115
THE ORIGIN AND RAPID GROWTH OF THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
125
Researches of the late Hon George Knox on the existence of bitumen
132
Difficulties encountered in digging wells at Titusville Drakes invention
138
History of Pithole City
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Oil from sandstone above Venango group
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F H Taylors history of the largest flowing well ever opened in this
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Marvins statement of the advantages of this liquid fuel
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Distribution over the world Its crust as found in the Island of Trinidad
182
Removing the débris from the bottom of the well Reamer and its
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Description of the oil region
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Table showing the properties of the chief gaseous elements of natural
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Gas companies chartered in Pennsylvania up to February 5 1885 Great
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Natural gas industry at Pittsburgh
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Early date of the distillation of mineral oil for illuminating purposes 1694
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Receiving crude oil Pipes and tanks in use
246
Vacuum stills
252
Distillation of petroleum
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Torpedoes Their invention 1862 usefulness and method of employ
267
Settling tanks
273
Deodorization of benzene
279
Commercial manufacture of paraffine established by Seligue of France
285
Distillation Distilling apparatus illustrated and described
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Flowing well on the McElhenny or Funk farm Well on the Tarr farm
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The composition of oils and their freedom from admixture with other oils
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Record of assay of oil from the Parker and from the Bradford district
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and toilet purposes
381
CHAPTER XII
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amps provided with chimneys
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in the manufacture of carburetedair by the passage of air through
398
Futle attempts at making petroleum fad a commercial success 47
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Analysis of the calorific power of Russian petroleum Result
414
Prof Peckhams report on the steamproducing power of petroleum
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Petroleum stoves and furnaces for domestic purposes and the arts
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Petroleum refuseComparative trials with petroleum anthracite bitumi
428
Brayton hydrocarbon engine
434
CHAPTER VIII
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Other pipeline corporations Use of certificates or acceptances 110
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United Pipelines 419
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Pittsburgh Pipelines
452
Distillation of the schists in France by Seligue Improvements by James
461
Opinion of the geologists of the Pennsylvania survey on the confines
465
Explanation of the absence of both petroleum and natural gas in
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Important fact proven by geological investigation for the guidance
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Specific gravity of petroleum Instruments for ascertaining the specific
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Isolations made by C M Warren
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NATURAL GAS ITS ORIGIN NATURAL GAS WELLS CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
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Table for converting Baumé markings into true specific gravities
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