rock oil

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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

There are likewise springs of rock oil or bitumen.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

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.

It has in one part a spring of petroleum or rock oil, and one of its mountains is a volcano.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert