Petroleum

by Albert Lidgett

The Largest Makers of
OIL STORAGE TANKS
Tanks of Any Size Supplied and Erected Anywhere.

WHESSOE
FOUNDRY CO., LTD.,
DARLINGTON, ENGLAND
Established 1790] PETROLEUM REFINERY PLANTS
Telegrams— London Office:— “WHESSOE, LONDON.” 106 CANNON STREET, “WHESSOE, DARLINGTON.” E.C.4

ENGLAND’S FIRST OIL WELL IN DERBYSHIRE

(Drilled under Government authority and brought into production in June, 1919)

Frontispiece

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

Although numerous volumes have been written upon petroleum, and some very educational works on this important subject are to be found in technological literature, it is strange that prior to the appearance of this little book, it has been impossible to turn to any publication which deals with this Common Commodity of Commerce in a popular manner.