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Definition of Kerosenes
1. kerosene [n] - See also: kerosene
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kerosenes
Literary usage of Kerosenes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Petroleum and Allied Industries: Petroleum, Natural Gas, Natural Waxes by James Kewley (1922)
"THE distillates which come off after the benzine fractions and before the gas-oil
fractions, are worked up into kerosenes. There is no hard-and-fast line of ..."
2. American Lubricants from the Standpoint of the Consumer by Luther Bynum Lockhart (1920)
"SPECIFICATIONS FOR kerosenes. Kerosene.— (Gen. Supply Comm., Washington, DC, for
year ending 1920). Kerosene; must be water white in color, free from dirt ..."
3. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1902)
"The following papers were presented by title : " Some Thermal Properties of
Naphthas and kerosenes," by AH Gill and HR Healy; "Apparatus for the Rapid ..."
4. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1902)
"SOME THERMAL PROPERTIES OF NAPHTHAS AXD kerosenes. HY AH GILL AND HR HEALEY.
IN recent years there has been a marked increase in the use of the lighter ..."
5. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arthur Amos Noyes, William Albert Noyes (1902)
"Some Thermal Properties of Naphthas and kerosenes. ... To characterize the naphthas
and kerosenes, the specific gravities, vapor densities and distillation ..."
6. Gasoline and Other Motor Fuels by Carleton Ellis, Joseph V. Meigs (1921)
"Alter the vapors have been condensed within the coil M the resulting liquid passes
to the reservoir N. It may happen that on certain occasions kerosenes and ..."