=Study of the Petroliferous Strata=--Petroleum--Definition--The Genesis or Origin of Petroleum--The Oil Fields of Galicia, their History-- Physical Geography and Geology of the Galician Oil Fields--Practical Notes on Galician Land Law--Economic Hints on Working, etc.--Roumania --History, Geography, Geology--Petroleum in Russia--History--Russian Petroleum (_continued_)--Geography and Geology of the Caucasian Oil Fields--Russian Petroleum (_continued_)--The Secondary Oil Fields of Europe, Northern Germany, Alsace, Italy, etc.--Petroleum in France-- Petroleum in Asia--Transcaspian and Turkestan Territory--Turkestan-- Persia--British India and Burmah--British Burmah or Lower Burmah-- China--Chinese Thibet--Japan, Formosa and Saghalien--Petroleum in Oceania--Sumatra, Java, Borneo--Isle of Timor--Philippine Isles--New Zealand--The United States of America--History--Physical Geology and Geography of the United States Oil Fields--Canadian and other North American Oil Fields--Economic Data of Work in North America--Petroleum in the West Indies and South America--Petroleum in the French Colonies. =Excavations=--Hand Excavation or Hand Digging of Oil Wells. =Methods of Boring=--Methods of Oil-well Drilling or Boring--Boring Oil Wells with the Rope--Drilling with Rigid Rods and a Free-fall--Fabian System--Free-fall Drilling by Steam Power--Oil-well Drilling by the Canadian System--Drilling Oil Wells on the Combined System--Comparison between the Combined Fauck System and the Canadian--The American System of Drilling with the Rope--Hydraulic Boring with the Drill by Hand and Steam Power--Rotary Drilling of Oil Wells, Bits, Steel-crowned Tools, Diamond Tools--Hand Power and Steam Power--Hydraulic Sand-pumping-- Improvements in and different Systems of Drilling Oil Wells. =Accidents=--Boring Accidents--Methods of preventing them--Methods of remedying them--Explosives and the use of the "Torpedo" Levigation-- Storing and Transport of Petroleum--General Advice--Prospecting, Management and carrying on of Petroleum Boring Operations. =General Data=--=Customary Formulæ=--Memento. Practical Part. General Data bearing on Petroleum--Glossary of Technical Terms used in the Petroleum Industry--Copious Index. =THE PRACTICAL COMPOUNDING OF OILS, TALLOW AND GREASE FOR LUBRICATION, ETC.= By AN EXPERT OIL REFINER. 100 pp. 1898. Demy 8vo. Price 7s. 6d.; India and Colonies, 8s.; Other Countries, 8s. 6d.; strictly net. Contents. =Introductory Remarks= on the General Nomenclature of Oils, Tallow and Greases suitable for Lubrication--=Hydrocarbon Oils=--=Animal and Fish Oils=--=Compound Oils=--=Vegetable Oils=--=Lamp Oils=--=Engine Tallow, Solidified Oils and Petroleum Jelly=--=Machinery Greases: Loco and Anti-friction=--=Clarifying and Utilisation of Waste Fats, Oils, Tank Bottoms, Drainings of Barrels and Drums, Pickings Up, Dregs, etc.=-- =The Fixing and Cleaning of Oil Tanks, etc.=--=Appendix and General Information.=