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Description:Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils, Vol. 1 The work before the reader hag been prepared with a desire to aid the manufacturer of distilled oils in his avocation, and to record the most important facts regarding the various raw materials used by him. To assist the engineer and machinist, drawings, taken from the original plans used by the author in the erection of petroleum and coal-oil apparatus, have been inserted. Original drawings of petroleum wells and boring tools have also been added, to convey a correct idea of the mode of procuring one of the chief articles used by the oil manufacturer. A great deal of valuable information relating to the production of hydrocarbon oils is scattered throughout the French, German, and English scientific journals, and is contained in numerous patents to which the public have not convenient access. The information collected from these sources that seemed applicable to the present treatise, has been carefully recorded. The author of the first edition of the work left, at the time of his decease, many memoranda connected with it, intending to insert them in a second edition. The author of the present edition has endeavored to carry out his father's intentions regarding it, and has made such revisions and enlargements as seemed called for. Care has been taken to present such facts regarding petroleum wells and petroleum as may be useful to those interested in them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils, Vol. 1 The work before the reader hag been prepared with a desire to aid the manufacturer of distilled oils in his avocation, and to record the most important facts regarding the various raw materials used by him. To assist the engineer and machinist, drawings, taken from the original plans used by the author in the erection of petroleum and coal-oil apparatus, have been inserted. Original drawings of petroleum wells and boring tools have also been added, to convey a correct idea of the mode of procuring one of the chief articles used by the oil manufacturer. A great deal of valuable information relating to the production of hydrocarbon oils is scattered throughout the French, German, and English scientific journals, and is contained in numerous patents to which the public have not convenient access. The information collected from these sources that seemed applicable to the present treatise, has been carefully recorded. The author of the first edition of the work left, at the time of his decease, many memoranda connected with it, intending to insert them in a second edition. The author of the present edition has endeavored to carry out his father's intentions regarding it, and has made such revisions and enlargements as seemed called for. Care has been taken to present such facts regarding petroleum wells and petroleum as may be useful to those interested in them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint). To get started finding A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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