rock oil

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But by fracking the rock, oil flowed from the shale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2014

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.

Petroleum, or rock oil, is a dark greenish brown liquid which when refined yields gasolene, naphtha, benzine, kerosene, lubricating oils, and paraffin.

From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Gregory, Mary Huston

Then came the great discovery of rock oil, which rapidly superseded the whale oil of commerce in general use.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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 Hendrick, Burton Jesse