Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 430
periments werebeing made with lubricants for the Libertymotor, and, to the surprise of every one, wasfound to be the very oil they had been seeking. As a consequence, not only did Uncle Samwant it in considerable volume for his ownaerial fleet, but hurry calls for large quantitiesof it came to us… … THE CASTOK-OIL PLANT [Ricinus communis) India is to-day, if it had not been for ourrapid development of the petroleum industry,during which castor-oil was almost lost sightof, as petroleum was found to produce a verysatisfactory lubricating oil at small expense.Even at that, the value of castor-oil…
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