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Definition of Coal oil

1. Noun. A flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel in lamps and heaters.

Definition of Coal oil

1. Noun. (regional) kerosene or any unspecified lower grade derivative of crude petroleum ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Coal oil

1. Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc. Petroleum spirit, a volatile liquid obtained in the distillation of crude petroleum at a temperature of 170 deg Fahr, or below. The term is rather loosely applied to a considerable range of products, including benzine and ligroin. The terms petroleum ether, and naphtha, are sometimes applied to the still more volatile products, including rhigolene, gasoline, cymogene, etc. Origin: NL, fr. L. Petra a rock + oleum oil: cf. F. Petrole. Cf. Petrify, and Oil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coal Oil

Literary usage of Coal oil

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

1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1909)
"A court may judicially notice the existence in the community of a general custom to use coal oil in kindling fires. EVIDENCE (S 21*)—JUDICIAL NOTICE. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"This contains in 100 pounds 26 pounds of coal oil, and 48 pounds of pilch. ... The coal oil, when rectified by distillation, is extensively employed for ..."

3. Index of Economic Material in the Documents of the States of the United by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse, Carnegie Institution of Washington. Dept. of Economics and Sociology (1912)
"Includes a communication (rom AL Fleury. a European chemist on coal oil and ... Table: no. of coal oil factories, no. of retorts, and amt. of crude oil ..."

4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1860)
"coal oil MANUFACTURE. An approximative estimate of the quantity of illuminating coal oil m»nu- factured daily in the United States, bos been given as ..."

5. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1869)
"But in the most successful trials with coal oil and shale oil, when ven- little smoke was given off, the evaporative effect was about 18 pounds of steam ..."

6. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1866)
"Thus, a mixture of American oil and " coal oil once run " only evaporated ... The experiments with "coal oil once run " alone gave a better result, ..."

7. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1918)
"A map of the state was published, showing the location of iron ore, limestone, coal, oil and gas. California issued reports for more than 20 counties, ..."

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