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
From such processes the so-called hydrocarbons, rock oil and natural gas, have accumulated.
From Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place by Julia Ellen Rogers
No. On all bearings the same oil, but on mainspring a rock oil.
From Friction, Lubrication and the Lubricants in Horology by William T. Lewis
Petroleum, or rock oil, is a dark greenish brown liquid which when refined yields gasolene, naphtha, benzine, kerosene, lubricating oils, and paraffin.
From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Mary Huston Gregory
I was hidden in cheap pink paper that smelt of rock oil.
From Ulysses by James Joyce
