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. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... PART THE FOURTH. CHAPTER I. Combustible Oil. As we did not dwell extensively enough, in the third chapter of the first part of this book, on this new fuel, which is the most important application petroleum has received, we will enter into a brief study of it here. The'name of coke is given to the ...
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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. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... PART THE FOURTH. CHAPTER I. Combustible Oil. As we did not dwell extensively enough, in the third chapter of the first part of this book, on this new fuel, which is the most important application petroleum has received, we will enter into a brief study of it here. The'name of coke is given to the solid matter that remains in the bottom of the retorts, as we have already said in the last chapter, once the distillation of petroleum is completely finished. Coke was considered, for a long time, completely useless, and in the first refineries which were established, it was thrown away, as a product of no value nor importance. Once tried as fuel, it proved to be the best fuel known, and the results obtained were so satisfactory, that its use became general, in all places where petroleum was found, as fuel for steam engines. From this important discovery it was deduced that not only the solid tnatter, but also the oil in a liquid state, might be employed with good results as fuel for all steam engines. France, England and North America were greatly preoccupied with the subject, in their endeavors to arrive at a satisfactory solution of the problem. Different commissions were entrusted with its study, and, after making many experiments, they decided that, employed in equal quantities, petroleum gave three times as much heat as coal. The French commission, in their experiments, obtained in 17 minutes, with the combustion of 1.92 kilogrammes of petroleum, a steam pressure equal to that produced in 30 minutes by 4.23 kilogrammes of coal. The fire was brought to its greatest intensity in a minute and a half, and was extinguished in the same length of time. It was then that M. Saint-Claire-Deville, in company with M. Dieudonne made several...
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