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- 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
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- CHEADLE HEATH, STOCKPORT
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I PETROLEUM AND ITS ORIGIN
- CHAPTER II THE OIL-FIELDS OF THE WORLD
- CHAPTER III HOW PETROLEUM IS PRODUCED
- CHAPTER IV THE REFINING OF PETROLEUM
- CHAPTER V TRANSPORT BY LAND AND SEA
- CHAPTER VI PETROLEUM AS FUEL
- TYPICAL LIQUID FUEL BURNERS
- CHAPTER VII PETROLEUM AS A LIGHTING AND COOKING AGENT
- CHAPTER VIII INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
- CHAPTER IX PETROLEUM IN ENGLAND
- CHAPTER X PETROLEUM IN THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- CHAPTER XI PETROLEUM’S PART IN THE GREAT WAR
- CHAPTER XII THE SCOTTISH SHALE-OIL INDUSTRY
- CHAPTER XIII A FEW NOTABLE PETROLEUM ENTERPRISES
- 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
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