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Definition of Refineries
1. refinery [n] - See also: refinery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Refineries
Literary usage of Refineries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Workers of the Nation: An Encyclopedia of the Occupations of the American by Gilson Willets (1903)
"It is the business of these refineries to change the sugar from brown or raw ...
The chief sources from which the refineries get their raw sugar are the ..."
2. 1795-1895. One Hundred Years of American Commerce ...: A History of American by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1895)
"In 1875 there were forty-two refineries in the United States, ... The forty-two
refineries in existence in 1875 dwindled to twenty-seven in 1880. ..."
3. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
"The following brief description of the operations in the refining of paraffin-base
petroleum, represents the practice at the eleven small refineries in and ..."
4. The American Petroleum Industry by Raymond Foss Bacon, William Allen Hamor (1916)
"The following brief description of the operations in the refining of paraffin-base
petroleum, represents the practice at the eleven small refineries in and ..."
5. Oil and Gas in the Mid-continent Fields by Luther Crocker Snider (1920)
"Refineries The following lists give the locations, capacities and operating
companies of the refineries in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana together ..."
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