| | | | | | | | | Propane | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | | | | | | | | | | Carbonic acid | 3.64 | .... | 3.10 | 2.18 | 6.44 | 0.60 | | | | | | | | | | Carbonic oxide| | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | | | | | | | | | | Nitrogen | | .... | 49.39 | 0.49 | 8.12 | 3.98 | | | | | | | | | | Oxygen | | 2.20 | 0.17 | .... | .... | .... | | | | | | | | | | "Illuminating | [10.] | .... | .... | 3.26 | .... | .... | | hydrocarbons."|________|________|________|________|________|________| | | | | | | | | | | | 100.00 | 100.03 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | |_______________|________|________|________|________|________|________| | | |Specific gravity 0.5923 0.56 | |_____________________________________________________________________| Petroleum is composed of about 85 per cent of carbon and 15 per cent of nitrogen. Locations: 1. Petrolia, Canada. 2. West Bloomfield, N.Y. 3. Olean, N.Y. 4. Fredonis, N.Y. 5. Pioneer Run, Venango Co., Pa. 6. Burn's Well, near St. Joe., Butler Co., Pa. 7. Harvey Well, Butler Co., Pa. 8. Cherry Tree, Indiana Co., Pa. 9. Leechburg, Pa. 10. Creighton, Pa. 11. Penn Fuel Co.'s Well, Murraysville, Pa. 12. Fuel Gas Co.'s Well, Murraysville. 13. Roger's Gulch, Wirt Co., W. Va. 14. Gas from Marsh Ground 15. Baku, on the Caspian Sea. 16. Gas occluded in Wigan cannel-coal. 17. Blower in coal-mine. South Wales. Notes: 1. Chiefly marsh-gas with ethane and some carbonic acid. 4. A mixture of marsh-gas, ethane and butane. 5. Chiefly propane, with small quantities of carbonic acid and nitrogen. 10. Trace of heavy hydrocarbons. 11. Marsh-gas, with a little carbonic acid. 13. Chiefly marsh-gas, with small quantities of nitrogen and 15.86 per cent carbonic acid. References: