rock oil
Example Sentences
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But by fracking the rock, oil flowed from the shale.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2014
His report was so favorable that a company was formed, which leased all the land along Oil Creek upon which were traces of the new rock oil.
From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre
His words are:— “Petroleum, rock oil, or what the Welsh call it, Ymenin tylwyth têg, or Fairies’ butter, has been found in the lime stone strata in our mineral country.
From Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales by Owen, Elias
No. On all bearings the same oil, but on mainspring a rock oil.
From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by Lewis, William T.
I was hidden in cheap pink paper that smelt of rock oil.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
