 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1830 - 612 Seiten
...flow through earthen tubes, is inflamed for the purpose of assisting in the preparation of food. It is collected by sinking pits several yards in depth, into which the naphtha flows. It is burned in lamps, by the Persians, instead of oil. Near the village of Amiano, in the state of... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 608 Seiten
...flow through earthen tubes, is inflamed for the purpose of assisting in the preparation of food. It is collected by sinking pits several yards in depth, into which the naphtha flows. It is burned in lamps, by the Persians, instead of oil. Near the village of Amiano, in the state of... | |
 | Charles Frederick Partington - 1838 - 1116 Seiten
...flow through earthcrn tubes, is inflamed for the purpose of assisting in the preparation of food. It is collected by sinking pits several yards in depth, into which the naphtha flows. It is burned in lamps, by the Persians, instead of oil. Near the village of Amiano, in the state of... | |
 | 1850 - 638 Seiten
...flow through earthen tubes, is inflamed tor the purpose of assisting in the preparation of food. It is collected by sinking pits several yards in depth, into which the naphtha flows. It is burned in lamps, by the Persians, inetead of oil. Near the village of Ainiano, in the state of... | |
 | Thomas Antisell - 1852 - 728 Seiten
...flow through earthen tnbe*, is inflamed for the purpose of assisting in the preparation of food. It is collected by sinking pits several yards in depth, into which the naphtha flows. It to burned in lamps, by the Persians, instead of oil. Near the village of Amiano, in the state of... | |
 | G.P. Putnam & Co - 1852 - 728 Seiten
...flow through earthen tubes, is inflamed for the purpose of assisting in the preparation of food. It is collected by sinking pits several yards in depth, into which the naphtha flows. It is burned in lamps, by the Persians, instead of oil. Nenr the village of Amiano, in the state of... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1854 - 858 Seiten
...peninsula of Apcheron, on the western shore of the Caspian, naphtha rises in vapor through a marly soil, and is collected by sinking pits several y^ards in depth, into which the naphtha flows. Near Amians in the state of Parma, is an abundant spring. Near Alfreton, England, naphtha has been discovered.... | |
 | J.D. Dana - 1855 - 440 Seiten
...flourish, and here and there about Point La Braye, the masses of pitch look like black rocks among the foliage. Large deposits of asphaltum occur in sandstone...States petroleum is common. The salines of Kenawha, Va. ; Scots ville,. Ky. ; Oil creek, Venango county, Penn. ; Duck creek, Monroe county ; near Hinsdale... | |
 | Edward Balfour - 1873 - 1030 Seiten
...peninsula of Abcheran, on the western shore of the Caspian, naphtha rises through a marly soil in vapour, and is collected by sinking pits several yards in depth, into which the naphtha flows. It is also procured from Monte Ciaro near Piacenza in Italy, by sinking pits in the horizontal beds... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1874 - 530 Seiten
...to flow through earthen tubes, is burned for the purpose of assisting in the preparation of food. It is collected by sinking pits several yards in depth, into which the naphtha Hows. It is burned in lamps by the Persians instead of oil. With certain vegetable oils, naphtha ia... | |
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... is inflamed for the purpose of assisting in the preparation of food. It is collected by sinking pits several yards in depth, into which the naphtha flows. It is burned in lamps, by the Persians, instead of oil. Near the village of Amiano, in the state... 