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Definition of Petroleums

1. petroleum [n] - See also: petroleum

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petroleums

Literary usage of Petroleums

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Text-book on Highway Engineering by Arthur Horace Blanchard, Henry Bernardin Drowne (1913)
""It will be noted that the crude materials are divided into three general classes—petroleums, asphalts, and tars—which are all subjected ..."

2. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"petroleums are mixtures or solutions of a great number of hydrocarbons and ... In general the composition of all petroleums is similar but the relative ..."

3. American Highway Engineers' Handbook by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1919)
"Classification of petroleums General Characteristics. petroleums are mixtures or solutions of a great number of hydrocarbons and often contain sulphur, ..."

4. The Modern Asphalt Pavement by Clifford Richardson (1908)
"petroleums. IN the asphalt paving industry the petroleums are of ... For a more definite knowledge of the proximate composition of various petroleums, ..."

5. The Modern Asphalt Pavement by Clifford Richardson (1908)
"IF the distillation of the asphaltic petroleums of California, of the semi-asphaltic petroleums of Texas, or even of Russian oil and some ..."

6. The Materials of Engineering by Robert Henry Thurston (1884)
"The petroleums are found in China, India, Italy, and other parts of the world. The island of Trinidad contains a lake of petroleum—" Pitch Lake "—the shores ..."

7. A Text-book on Roads and Pavements by Frederick Putnam Spalding (1912)
"petroleums, or mineral oils, are widely distributed throughout the earth. ... They are commercially the most valuable of the petroleums, on account of the ..."

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