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

Both Townsend and Drake would have died richer men had they never heard of the Pennsylvania rock oil.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

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.

The oil mentioned in the next line, is that called the rock oil, petroleum, a black fetid mineral oil, good for bruises and sprains.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

There are likewise springs of rock oil or bitumen.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 02 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert