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Definition of Astatki
1. n. A thick liquid residuum obtained in the distillation of Russian petroleum, much used as fuel.
Definition of Astatki
1. a fuel derived from petroleum [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astatki
Literary usage of Astatki
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook on Petroleum for Inspectors Under the Petroleum Acts and for Those by J. H. Thomson, Boverton Redwood (1906)
"A small proportion of the astatki is further distilled, with the object of
obtaining solar-oil distillate, specific gravity ..."
2. Coal-tar and Ammonia by Georg Lunge (1887)
"According to Eugler, these residues, called " Massud " by the Tatar workmen and "
astatki " by the Russians, form 55 or 60 per ..."
3. Through Persia in Disguise: With Reminiscences of the Indian Mutiny by Charles Edward Stewart (1911)
"Some Russian astatki has a specific gravity of 0'910, and occasionally even higher.
It will be observed how much of the inflammable portion of the original ..."
4. The Library Magazine (1887)
"This astatki is a valuable product, and besides the many other purposes to which
it is ... In Russia, at present some 200 steamers bnrn astatki as fuel, ..."
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