Contents.
Study of the Petroliferous Strata.
Excavations--Hand Excavation or Hand Digging of Oil Wells.
Methods of Boring.
Accidents -- Boring Accidents -- Methods of preventing them -- Methods of remedying them -- Explosives and the use of the "Torpedo" Levigation -- Storing and Transport of Petroleum -- General Advice -- Prospecting, Management and carrying on of Petroleum Boring Operations.
General Data -- Customary Formulæ -- Memento. Practical Part. General Data bearing on Petroleum -- Glossary of Technical Terms used in the Petroleum Industry -- Copious Index.
THE PRACTICAL COMPOUNDING OF OILS, TALLOW AND GREASE FOR LUBRICATION, ETC. By An Expert Oil Refiner. 100 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net. (Post free. 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)
Contents.
Introductory Remarks on the General Nomenclature of Oils, Tallow and Greases suitable for Lubrication -- Hydrocarbon Oils -- Animal and Fish Oils -- Compound Oils -- Vegetable Oils -- Lamp Oils -- Engine Tallow, Solidified Oils and Petroleum Jelly -- Machinery Greases: Loco and Anti-friction -- Clarifying and Utilisation of Waste Fats, Oils, Tank Bottoms, Drainings of Barrels and Drums, Pickings Up, Dregs, etc. -- The Fixing and Cleaning of Oil Tanks, etc. -- Appendix and General Information.
ANIMAL FATS AND OILS: Their Practical Production, Purification and Uses for a great Variety of Purposes. Their Properties, Falsification and Examination. Translated from the German of Louis Edgar Andés. Sixty-two Illustrations. 240 pp. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post free, 10s. 10d. home; 11s. 3d. abroad.)