naphtha

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Some companies have responded by building so-called splitters that turn condensate into naphthas and distillates that can be exported or sold domestically.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2014

Through dusky byways, rent with dancing naphthas, Through the trafficked highways, where streets and streets collide, Through the evil twilight, the night's ghast silence, Long have I wandered, and wondered where you hide.

From Nights in London by Burke, Thomas

Among the products obtained from crude petroleum in this way are the naphthas, including benzine and gasoline, kerosene or coal oil, lubricating oils, vaseline, and paraffin.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

The distillation and rectification of aniline oil is practised on a similar principle to the fractional distillation which we have noticed as being used for the distillation of the naphthas.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

I do not say tar, but more concentrated fuels, such as crude naphthas, paraffins, and pitch oil.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 by Various