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CHAPTER XXXIII.. Bituminous Substances.

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BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES.

Formation of Petroleum—Enormous Production of the Pennsylvanian Wells—Asphalte used by the Ancients— Asphalte Pavements—The Pitch Lake of Trinidad—Jet—Its Manufacture in Whitby 426

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