--X. Application and Uses.--XI. Legislation
at Home and Abroad.--XII. Statistics.--INDEX.
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~A HANDBOOK ON PETROLEUM.~
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Industrial Use of Petroleum and its Products, and of Calcium Carbide.
With suggestions on the Construction and Use of Mineral Oil Lamps.
BY CAPTAIN J.H. THOMSON, H.M. Chief Inspector of Explosives,
AND
DR. BOVERTON REDWOOD, Author of "Petroleum and its Products."
CONTENTS.--I. Introductory.--II. Sources of Supply.--III.
Production.--IV. Chemical Products, Shale Oil, and Coal Tar.--V. Flash
Point and Fire Test.--VI. Testings.--VII. Existing Legislation relating
to Petroleum.--VIII.--IX.--Precautions Necessary.--X. Petroleum Oil
Lamps.--XI. Carbide of Calcium and Acetylene.--Appendices.--INDEX.
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