Mowry, William Augustus, 1829-1917, Mowry, Arthur May, 1862- joint author · New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett and company · leaf 82
t used to be. Inthe second place, the rapid development of the kerosene in-dustry has so cheapened the product that people cannot af-ford to light their houses with whale oil, especially as theyfind the kerosene not only cheaper, but more convenient andsatisfactory. Common whale oil previous to… … OIL WELLS. 80 AMERICAN INVENTORS AND INVENTIONS. Rocky Mountains feed their lamps to-day with kerosene at acost of from eight cents to twelve cents a gallon. A few persons have made great fortunes from the oilwells. On the other hand,^it should not be forgotten thatthe modern processes of purifying…
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