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.A. TIR,:rI!.A_TIS:K! 



BY SIR BOVERTON REDWOOD, BART., 

 D.Sc., F.R.S.E., ASSOC.INST.O.E., F.I.O. 



CONTENTS. SECTION I. : Historical Account of the Petroleum Industry. SECTION II. : 

 Geological and Geographical Distribution of Petroleum and Natural Gas. SECTION III.: 

 The Chemical and Physical Properties of Petroleum and Natural Gas. SECTION IV.: 

 The Origin of Petroleum and Natural Gas. SECTION V.: The Production of Petroleum, 

 Natural Gas, and Ozokerite. SECTION VI.: The Refining of Petroleum. SECTION VII.: 

 The Shale Oil and Allied Industries. SECTION VIII. : The Transport, Storage, and Dis- 

 tribution of Petroleum. SECTION IX. : The Testing of Crude Petroleum, Petroleum and 

 Shale Oil Products, Ozokerite, and Asphalt. SECTION X. : The Uses of Petroleum and 

 its Products. SECTION XI. : Statutory, Municipal, and other Regulations relating to 

 the Testing, Storage, Transport, and Use of Petroleum and its Products. BIBLIO- 

 GRAPHY. APPENDICES. INDEX. 



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A HANDBOOK ON PETROLEUM. 



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Use of Petroleum and its Products, and of Calcium Carbide. With 



suggestions on the Construction and Use of Mineral Oil Lamps. 



BY CAPTAIN J. H. THOMSON, 



H.M. Chief Inspector of Explosives. 



AND SIR BOVERTON REDWOOD, BART., 

 REVISED BY MAJOR A. COOPER-KEY AND SIR BOVERTON REDWOOD. 



CONTENTS. Introductory. Sources of Supply. Production, Refining, etc. Com- 

 mercial Products. Flash Point and Fire-Test. Testing. Legislation. Precautions. 

 Oil Lamps. Calcium Carbide. Appendices. INDEX. 



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 SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. PART I. : General Information about Petroleum (Origin, 

 Occurrence, Prospecting, acquiring Land, Raising, Storage, Refining, etc.). PART II. : 

 Geological (Identification of Rocks, Angle of Dip, Maps, Oil-bearing Areas, Oil per acre, 

 Bitumens, etc.). PART. III. : Physical and Chemical (Specific Gravity, Analysis of Gas, 

 Viscometry, Calorific Value, Flash Point, Distillation, Candle Power, etc., etc.). PART 

 IV. : Production (Drilling, Casing, Water, Raisins Oil, ringing, Cost of Drilling, etc., 

 etc.;. PART V. : Refining, Transport, Storage and Testing (Tanks, Flow of Gas in Pipes, 

 Pipe Lines, Pumping, Railway Cars, Barrels, etc., etc.). PART VI. : Uses (Liquid Fuel, Air 

 required, Oil Engines, Natural Gas, Asphalt, etc.). PART VII. : Weights and Measures 

 (English and Foreign). PART VIII : Miscellaneous. PART IX. : Statistics (of Production, 

 Asphalt, Oil Shale, Ozokerite, Natural Gas). 



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