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.
From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown
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 Hendrick, Burton Jesse
No. On all bearings the same oil, but on mainspring a rock oil.
From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by Lewis, William T.
His report was so favorable that a company was formed, which leased all the land along Oil Creek upon which were traces of the new rock oil.
From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre
