Petroleum

(noun.) a dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons.

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• The amount of petroleum produced in the United States in 1896 was 60,960,361 barrels, the largest yield on record. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The petroleum wells of America are of the same technical description. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Among the more familiar products of coal tar or petroleum are moth balls, carbolic acid, benzine, vaseline, and paraffine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• With the discovery and development of the oil wells in the United States about 1860 a new fuel was found in the crude petroleum, as well as a source of light. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Brayton of the United States in 1873 invented a very efficient engine in which the vapour of petroleum mixed with air constituted the fuel. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The solvent employed was a mixture of one part of oil of lavender, and ten parts of oil of petroleum. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• The discovery of petroleum and its introduction as a light produced a revolution in the construction of lamps. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Adolf Spiel of Berlin has also recently invented a petroleum engine. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• On the contrary, in America, especially after the petroleum wells were opened up, and nature supplied the hydro-carbon in roaring wells and fountains, water gas came to the front. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The night-watchman, Alfred Swanson, took care of this curious plant, which consisted of a battery of petroleum lamps that were forced to burn to the sooting point. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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