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The superior figures tell the exact place on the page in ninths; e. g. 410 3 

 means page 410, beginning in the third ninth of the page, i. e. about one 

 third of the way down. 



Acetylene, discovery of, 407*. 



Adams, gas wells, 456 ,J -59 1 . 



Allegany county" oil fields, 403 7 . 



Alps, contraction of, 402 3 . 



Altitudes of villages, 489 7 . 



Anderson, William, defense of Men- 

 del jeff's theory, 408 y -9 3 . 



Anticlines, 400 2 . 



Appalachians, contraction of, 402 2 . 



Archaean rocks, absence of petro- 

 liferous series from, 409"; study 

 of, 419 B . 



Asphalt, origin, 405\ 



Asphalt lake of Trinidad, 413 1 . 



Baldwinsville gas, 459 u -76 7 ; compo- 

 sition, 468 1 ; is it a shale gas, 469 8 - 

 72 4 . 



Barcelona lighthouse, gas supply, 

 510 7 -43 9 . 



Benzin, obtained from fish oil, 411 1 . 



Berthelot, P. E., theory of the origin 

 of petroleum, 407 2 ; arguments 

 against his hypothesis, 409 3 -10\ 



Big Indian oil field, 403 1 . 



Binning gas well, 464 7 -65 7 , 475 8 -76 5 . 



Bituminous series, origin, 404 7 -18 9 , 

 452 3 -55 5 ; increase in products, 

 410 3 . 



Bradford (Pa.) oil fields, 403 7 . N 



Buffalo, see Eastern oil company of 

 Buffalo. 



Cambrian time, formation of petro- 

 liferous series dates to, 455*. 

 Catskill, red, gas found in, 453\ 



Cattaraugus county, carboniferous 

 rocks, 399 5 ; oil fields, 403 7 . 



Central Square, gas wells, 455 7 -56 7 . 



Chautauqua county, carboniferous 

 rocks, 399 5 ; Lake shore natural 

 gas belt, 492-522. 



Chemung group in Chautauqua 

 county, 493 2 . 



Clarke, J. M., determinations, 449 2 , 

 493 4 . 



Clay, absorbs and protects petro- 

 leum, 417 s . 



Claypole, — , measurement of con- 

 traction of Appalachians, 402 2 . 



Conglomerates, 422 3 . 



Devonian rocks, discovery of petro- 

 leum in, 422 3 . 



Dip of strata, 450 5 , 488 7 -90 6 . 



Dolomites, porous, 421 2 ; in Ohio and 

 Indiana oil fields, 424 2 . 



Dolomitic limestones, 421 1 . 



Dow well, Baldwinsville, 462 2 . 



Dunkirk, natural gas in, 500 7 . 



Eastern oil company of Buffalo, 



430 6 , 442 5 , 445 2 , 450 7 . 

 Ely, E. S., measurement of joint 



lines, 494 9 -95 5 . 

 Empire Portland cement company, 



465 7 . 

 Engler, Carl, experiments, 411 2 . 



Findlay gas, discovery, 426 4 ; spe- 

 cific gravity, 468 7 ; sulfur con- 

 tents, 468 8 -69 8 , 



