rock oil

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But by fracking the rock, oil flowed from the shale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2014

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 Gregory, Mary Huston

In this phial put, first, glass coarsely powdered; secondly, oil of tartar per deliquum; thirdly, tincture of salt of tartar; and lastly, distilled rock oil.

From Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments by Unknown

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

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

I was hidden in cheap pink paper that smelt of rock oil.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James