Coal Oil And Petroleum Their Origin History Geology And Chemistry With A View Of Their Importance In Their Bearing Upon National Industry PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1865 edition. Excerpt: ... appendix. amount of petroleum exported from new york in 1863 and 1864, and the countries and places to which it was sent. The increase in the oil trade during the last two years is owing to the increased foreign demand. For home consumption alone, a comparatively small fraction of the figures given below would suffice to glut the market. Europe has greatly exceeded the United States in the multiplicity of uses to which petroleum has been put. Of late discoveries of its properties have so increased in number abroad that the supply proves inadequate to the demand. The table shows how extensive the demand has already become, and, together with our account of the article itself, will serve in some degree to foreshadow the future. It is impossible to foresee, with even an approximation to correctness, the extent to which this product. will become an article of exportation and of usefulness throughout the world. We republish from the New York Shipping and Commercial List: Gallons. 1862 10,887,701 1863 28,250,712 1864 31,745,687 No. of barrels of 40 gallons each, average prices of petroleum in 1864 at new york and philadelphia. Crude Refined index. A page