animal oil

What immense fish is it that furnishes us with a quantity of animal oil?

From A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. by Anonymous

These physicians consider that these electric sparks are sufficient to ignite the spirituous liquor which may have saturated any organic tissue of the body, the combustion being afterwards fed by animal oil.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

The lamp consists of a crescent-shaped stone with a concavity, in which there is animal oil and a line of crushed moss as a wick.

From My Attainment of the Pole by Frederick A. Cook

In order to clear feathers from animal oil, dissolve a pound of quick lime in a gallon of clear water; and pour off the clear lime-water for use, at the time it is wanted.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton

We also got from these people a considerable quantity of very good animal oil, which they had reserved in bladders.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16 by Robert Kerr