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Petroleum

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  • Conium maculatum : Vertigo-Heel.
  • Angier's Emulsion : the original and standard preparation of petroleum.
  • Conium maculatum : Vertigo-Heel.
  • Angier's Emulsion : the original and standard preparation of petroleum.
  • Boycott E$$o : no.1 global warming villain... / StopEsso campaign.
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    Machinery: plan and elevation of the Smeaton oil mill. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1814, after J. Farey.

    Farey, John, 1791-1851. | Date: 1814 | Reference: 45423i
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    On the use of petroleum or earth-oil as an antiseptic in the treatment of surgical diseases / by Joseph Fayrer.

    Fayrer, Joseph, Sir, 1824-1907. | Date: 1869
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    Mémoire sur quelques singularités du terroir de Gabian, et principalement sur la fontaine de l'huile de pétrole qui y coule / par M. Rivière, de la Societe Royale des Sciences, Docteur en Medecine de la Faculte de Montpellier.

    Riviere, Guillaume, active 1717. | Date: M.DCC.XVII
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    Angier's Emulsion : the original and standard preparation of petroleum.

    | Date: [between 1930 and 1940?]
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    Transformación bituminosa de la materia organica y su relación con el origen del petroleo / Publicado por el Museo de Paleo-patologia del Hospital "2 de Mayo", Lima, Peru, en colaboración con depatamento de patologia de Hospital "2 de Mayo"; "Archivos Peruanos de San Fernando de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos y Sociedad de beneficencia publica de Lima.

    Urteaga-Ballón, Oscar. | Date: 1966
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