Contents. 



Part I., Study of the Petroliferous Strata Chapters I., Petroleum Definition. II., 

 The Genesis or Origin of Petroleum. III., The Oil Fields of Galicia, their History. IV., 

 Physical Geography and Geology of the Galician Oil Fields. V., Practical Notes on Galician 

 Land Law Economic Hints on Working, etc. VI., Roumania History, Geography, Geology. 

 VII., Petroleum in Russia History. VIII., Russian Petroleum (continued) Geography and 

 Geology of the Caucasian Oil Fields. IX., Russian Petroleum (continued). X., The Secondary 

 Oil Fields of Europe, Northern Germany, Alsace, Italy, etc. XL, Petroleum in France. XII., 

 Petroleum in Asia Transcaspian and Turkestan Territory Turkestan Persia British 

 India and Burmah British Burmah or Lower Burmah China Chinese Thibet Japan, 

 Formosa and Saghalien. XIII., Petroleum in Oceania Sumatra, Java, Borneo Isle of 

 Timor Philippine Isles New Zealand. XIV., The United States of America History. 

 XV., Physical Geology and Geography of the United States Oil Fields. XVI., Canadian and 

 other North American Oil Fields. XVII., Economic Data of Work in North America. 

 XVIII., Petroleum in the West Indies and South America. XIX., Petroleum in the French 

 Colonies. 



Part II., Excavations. Chapter XX., Hand Excavation or Hand Digging of Oil Wells. 



Part III., Methods of Boring. Chapters XXL, Methods of Oil-well Drilling or Boring. 

 XXIL, Boring Oil Wells with the Rope. XXIIL, Drilling with Rigid Rods and a Free-fall- 

 Fabian System. XXIV., Free-fall Drilling by Steam Power. XXV., Oil-well Drilling by the 

 Canadian System. XXVI., Drilling Oil Wells on the Combined System. XXVIL, Com- 

 parison between the Combined Fauck System and the Canadian. XXVIII., The American 

 System of Drilling with the Rope. XXIX., Hydraulic Boring with the Drill by Hand and 

 Steam Power. XXX., Rotary Drilling of Oil Wells, Bits, Steel-crowned Tools, Diamond 

 Tools Hand Power and Steam Power Hydraulic Sand-pumping. XXXL, Improvements 

 in and different Systems of Drilling Oil Wells. 



Part IV., Accidents. Chapters XXXIL, Boring Accidents Methods of preventing them 

 Methods of remedying them. XXXIII. , Explosives and the use of the "Torpedo" Leviga- 

 tion. XXXIV., Storing and Transport of Petroleum. XXXV., General Advice Prospecting, 

 Management and carrying on of Petroleum Boring Operations. 



Part V., General Data. Customary Formulae. Memento. Practical Part. General 

 Data bearing on Petroleum. Glossary of Technical Terms used in the Petroleum Industry.--- 

 Copious Index. 



Press Opinions. 



"The book is undoubtedly one of the most valuable treatises that can be placed in the hands 

 of all who desire a knowledge of petroleum." Liverpool Journal of Commerce. 



" The book will undoubtedly take a high place in the literature of petroleum." Liverpool 

 Post. 



" We should like to say that the translator has accomplished his difficult task, so full of 

 technical difficulties, with a great amount of success." Petroleum. 



A DICTIONARY OF CHEMICALS AND RAW PRO- 

 DUCTS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF 

 PAINTS, COLOURS, VARNISHES AND ALLIED 

 PREPARATIONS. By GEORGE H. HURST, F.C.S. Demy 

 8vo. 380 pp. 1901. Price 7s. 6d. ; India and Colonies, 8s. ; Other 

 Countries, 8s. 6d. ; strictly net. 



Contents. 



The names of the Chemicals and Raw Products are arranged in alphabetical order, and 

 the description of each varies in length from half to eight pages. The following are some of 

 the articles described and explained : Acetates Acetic Acid Acidimetry Alcohol Alum 

 Ammonia Amber Animi Arsenic Beeswax Benzol Bichromates of Potash and Soda 

 Bleaching Powder Bone Black Boric Acid Brunswick Green Cadmium Yellow Car- 

 bonates Carmine Carnauba Wax Caustic Potash and Soda Chrome Colours Clay Coal 

 Tar Colours Copal Dammar Drying Oils Emerald Green Gamboge Glue Glycerine 

 Gums Gypsum Indian Red Japanese Lacquer Lac Lakes Lamp Black Lead Com- 

 pounds Linseed Oil Magnesia Manganese Compounds Mica Nitric Acid Ochres 

 Orange Lead Orr's White Paraffin Prussian Blue Rosin Oil Sepia Sienna Smalts 

 Sodium Carbonate Sublimed White Lead Sulphuric Acid Terra Verte Testing Pigments 

 Turpentine Ultramarine Umbers Vermilionettes White Lead Whiting Zinc Com- 

 pounds. Appendix : Comparison of Baume Hydrometer and Specific Gravity for Liquids 

 Lighter than Water Hydrometer Table for Liquids Heavier than Water Comparison of 

 Temperature Degrees Tables for Converting French Metric Weights and Measures- into 

 English Table of the Elements etc., etc. Copious Index. 



Press Opinions. 



" This treatise will be welcomed by those interested in this industry who have not secured 

 the full advantage of a course of scientific training." Chemical Trade Journal. 



" In concise and lucid terms almost every ingredient used in paint and colour manufacture 

 is described together with the methods of testing their intrinsic and chemical value." 

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