Handbook on Petroleum for Inspectors Under the Petroleum Acts and for Those Engaged in the Storage, Transport, Distribution, and Industrial Use of Petroleum and Its Products and Calcium Carbide, with Suggestions on the Construction and Use of Mineral Oil Lamps |
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Abel accidents acetylene Act applies apparatus Appendix ascertaining atmosphere Baku barrels bath bitumen Board of Trade bulb burner By-laws carbide of calcium carried cent CHARLES GRIFFIN constructed conveyance conveyed crude cylinder danger diameter distillation drilling Engineers explosive feet fire fire-test flame flash flash-point flashing-point gallons harbour authority Harbour Master hawking heating highly inflammable hydrogen ignition inch inflammable vapour instrument kerosene lamp leakage leum liable licence licensed premises light locomotives liquid London County Council lubricating millimetres mineral mineral spirit mixture naphtha obtained occurred officer oil-cup Order in Council paraffin person petrol motor launch Petroleum Act petroleum barge petroleum ship petroleum spirit pipe place of storage precautions pressure prevent purpose Regulations River Thames sample screw Secretary Sect shale specific gravity substance surface taken tank temperature test-flame Thames thermometer tion tube vessel containing petroleum water-bath wick
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