rock oil
Example Sentences
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But by fracking the rock, oil flowed from the shale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2014
In this phial put, first, glass coarsely powdered; secondly, oil of tartar per deliquum; thirdly, tincture of salt of tartar; and lastly, distilled rock oil.
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So far, Bissell's enterprise seemed to promise success, yet the great problem still remained: how could he obtain this rock oil in amounts large enough to make his enterprise a practical one?
From The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry by Burton Jesse Hendrick
The gold mines of California and of Australia are too well known to require mention; but we must not forget the rock oil, concealed for ages in the North American continent.
From The Mines and its Wonders by William Henry Giles Kingston
In the late fifties Mr. George H. Bissell had become interested in rock oil, not as an embrocation and as a cure for most human ills, but as a light-giving material.
From The Age of Big Business; a chronicle of the captains of industry by Burton Jesse Hendrick
