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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
INDEX
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