ed Oils towards Atmospheric
Influences, Water, Acids and Alkalies -- Boiled Oil Substitutes -- The
Manufacture of Solid and Liquid Driers from Linseed Oil and Rosin;
Linolic Acid Compounds of the Driers -- The Adulteration and
Examination of the Drying Oils and Boiled Oil.

#OILS, FATS, GREASES, PETROLEUM.#

#LUBRICATING OILS, FATS AND GREASES:# Their Origin, Preparation,
Properties, Uses and Analyses. A Handbook for Oil Manufacturers,
Refiners and Merchants, and the Oil and Fat Industry in General. By
George H. HURST, F.C.S. Second Revised and Enlarged Edition.
Sixty-five Illustrations. 317 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 10s. 6d. net. (Post
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#Contents.#

#Introductory -- Hydrocarbon Oils -- Scotch Shale Oils -- Petroleum --
Vegetable and Animal Oils -- Testing and Adulteration of Oils --
Lubricating Greases -- Lubrication -- Appendices -- Index.#

#TECHNOLOGY OF PETROLEUM:# Oil Fields of the World -- Their (p. c06)
History, Geography and Geology -- Annual Production and Development --
Oil-well Drilling -- Transport. By Henry NEUBERGER and Henry NOALHAT.
Translated from the French by J. G. McINTOSH. 550 pp. 153
Illustrations. 26 Plates. Super Royal 8vo. Price 21s. net. (Post free,
21s. 9d. home; 23s. 6d. abroad.)

#Contents.#

#Study of the Petroliferous Strata.#

#Excavations#--Hand Excavation or Hand Digging of Oil Wells.

#Methods of Boring.#

#Accidents# -- Boring Accidents -- Methods of preventing them -- Methods
of remedying them -- Explosives and the use of the "Torpedo"
Levigation -- Storing and Transport of Petroleum -- General Advice --
Prospecting, Management and carrying on of Petroleum Boring
Operations.

#General Data -- Customary Formulae# -- Memento. Practical Part. General
Data bearing on Petroleum -- Glossary of Technical Terms used in the
Petroleum Industry -- Copious Index.

#THE PRACTICAL COMPOUNDING OF OILS, TALLOW AND GREASE FOR LUBRICATION,
ETC.# By AN EXPERT OIL REFINER. 100 pp. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d. net.
(Post free. 7s. 10d. home; 8s. abroad.)

#Contents.#

#Introductory Remarks# on the General Nomenclature of Oils, Tallow and
Greases suitable for Lubrication -- #Hydrocarbon Oils -- Animal and
Fish Oils -- Compound Oils -- Vegetable Oils -- Lamp Oils -- Engine
Tallow, Solidified Oils and Petroleum Jelly -- Machinery Greases: Loco
and Anti-friction -- Clarifying and Utilisation of Waste Fats, Oils,
Tank Bottoms, Drainings of Barrels