Bitumen and Petroleum in Antiquity |
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Inhalt
Antiquity | 3 |
Where bitumens were found | 11 |
Metamorphosis and Origin of Oil Bitumen Asphalts and Coals | 14 |
Analyses of ancient bituminous mastics facing | 22 |
Collecting and refining bitumen | 31 |
Applications of bitumen | 42 |
Some minor applications of bitumen | 79 |
Bitumens in magic medicine agriculture and mummification | 91 |
Bibliography | 101 |
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