Petroleum

About this eBook

Author

Lidgett, Albert, 1876-1936

Credits

Produced by deaurider, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TN: Technology: Mining engineering, Metallurgy

Subject

Petroleum -- Great Britain

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52825

Release Date

August 16, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PITMAN’S COMMON COMMODITIES AND INDUSTRIES PETROLEUM BY ALBERT LIDGETT EDITOR OF THE “PETROLEUM TIMES” LATE EDITOR OF THE “PETROLEUM REVIEW” London Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., 1 Amen Corner, E.C.4 Bath, Melbourne and New York Printed by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London, Bath, Melbourne and New York
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS — CHEADLE HEATH, STOCKPORT
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I PETROLEUM AND ITS ORIGIN
6. 6.CHAPTER II THE OIL-FIELDS OF THE WORLD
7. 7.CHAPTER III HOW PETROLEUM IS PRODUCED
8. 8.CHAPTER IV THE REFINING OF PETROLEUM
9. 9.CHAPTER V TRANSPORT BY LAND AND SEA
10. 10.CHAPTER VI PETROLEUM AS FUEL — TYPICAL LIQUID FUEL BURNERS
11. 11.CHAPTER VII PETROLEUM AS A LIGHTING AND COOKING AGENT
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
13. 13.CHAPTER IX PETROLEUM IN ENGLAND
14. 14.CHAPTER X PETROLEUM IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE
15. 15.CHAPTER XI PETROLEUM’S PART IN THE GREAT WAR
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE SCOTTISH SHALE-OIL INDUSTRY
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII A FEW NOTABLE PETROLEUM ENTERPRISES
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV STATISTICAL — The World’s Output of Petroleum — The Petroleum Import Trade of the United Kingdom — America’s Crude Oil Production During the Past Fifty Years — Roumania’s Crude Oil Production During the Past Fifty Years — Mexico’s Remarkable Progress in Crude Oil Production — Galician Crude Oil Production — Germany’s Crude Oil Production — Exports of Petroleum Products from the United States — Russia’s Crude Oil Production During the Past Fifty Years
19. 19.INDEX — Transcriber's Note:

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