Manitoulin Islands, in Lake Huron,
source of oil supply of, 39
Mansfield's patent for improvement in
the manufacture of artificial light,
Manufacture of carburetted air by the
passage of air through gasolene,
398, 399
of gas, either from ordinary crude
petroleum, or from the heavier
oils, or from the residuary pro-
duets of the still, 400
Marcellus shale, source of supply to
the Ontario oil region, 39
Marco Polo, account of the Buku oil
in the thirteenth century, 87
Margarylene, formula and boiling
point of, 169
Marine algae and petroleum, geograph-
ical distribution of, 21
boilers and stills, petroleum under,
vegetation of the paleozoic ages,
Marsh gas, a distillate of American
petroleum, 167
chemical properties of, 210
chief constituent of natural
gas, 203, 204
effect of, as fuel, 217
general properties of, 210
main ingredient of natural
gas, 209, 210
properties of, 215
the fire-damp of the mines, 19
Major, account of Baku in 1872,
91, 92
Marvin, on the wonderful development
of the modern Russian oil in-
dustry, 86
summary of the advantages of
liquid fuel, 116
Marvin's account of the discovery of
"Naphtha Hill" by the Rus-
sian engineers, 1881, 98, 99
account of the "greatest outburst
of oil ever known," 479, 480
description of the bursting forth
of the Droojba Fountain, 100–
pamphlet, The Coming Deluge of
Russian Petroleum, 480
statement of the waste and of the
price of Russian oils, 114
Medlecott, H. B., visit to the Makum
coal field, 1865, 77
Moss, J., on cosmoline, 381
Mother liquor from paraffine, 292
Moths, naphtha a preventative against,
Motors, petroleum, 432–434
Mountain tar from Alsace and Galicia,
purification, 382-386
Mummies, Egyptian, exemplifying
the antiseptic properties of petro-
leum, 130
Murrayville gas district, estimated
daily waste of gas, 227
́APHTHA, Baku, manufacture of
Meerzoeff's well No. 5, in group No. A lubricating oils from, 334-342
Mendelaieff, Professor, on the petro-
leum wells of Baku, 96
Metal, thin sheets of, difficulties in
making, overcome by use of natural
gas, 224
Metallic arsenic found in the bitumi-
nous limestones of Lobsan, 166
Metcalf, Wm., observations on getting
perfect combustion, 218–224
on the lights from the burning
wells, 230, 231
Methane, homologues of, distillates of
American petroleum, 167
Mexico, oil region of, 68, 69
Middle oil field, 150
chiefly in Warren County,
Mineral lubricating oils, group divis-
ions of, 307
machinery oils, Professor Thurs-
ton and Spon's "Encyclope-
dia of Arts" on, 308, 309
oil, distillation of, in 1694, in
England, 239
oils, mixing with other oils, 320
sperm illuminating oil, 277
wax, a variety of solid bitumen, 57
description of, 57
found in Borslau Galicia, 76
Mines, coal, fire damp of, 19
Minor pipe-lines, 458, 454
Miscellaneous sand groups, 152, 153
Mississippi Valley, nature of the strata
found in, 38
Monticello, Kentucky, oils at, 310
Morton, Professor Henry, of the
Stevens Institute of Technology,
experiments upon the residuum of
petroleum, 170, 171
distillates, specific gravity and
flashing points of, 323, 324
fumes of, effect of, on the opera-
tives in the Rubber Works,
Cambridge, Mass., 378, 379
Hill, discovery of, by Russian en-
gineers, 1881, 98, 99
estimated value of the ozoce-
rite and oil in, 99
oil region, yield of, sufficient
to light every lamp, grease
every machine, and drive
every locomotive in the
Russian Empire, 99
light distillates, apparatus for rec-
tification of, illustrat-
ed, 333
utilization of, 332-334
manufactory at Baku paying tri-
bute to the Crown of Russia,
1860, 90
manufacture of photogen from,
Naphthaline, formula and boiling point
of, 169
Naphthometer, Parrish's, illustrated
and described, 354, 355
Natural gas, advantage of, in annealing
thin sheets of metal,
of, for domestic purposes,
of, in the manufacture of
iron, and in gener-
ating steam, 216
of, in the manufacture of
glass, 223
analyses of, by S. A. Ford,
471
gas-
its origin; natural gas wells;
chemical analysis of natural
gas; natural gas as fuel;
permanency of supply; na-
tural gas as an illuminator;
natural gas at Pittsburgh,
marsh gas the chief constitu-
ent of, 203, 204
method of charging con-
sumers, 217
necessary conditions for the
occurrence of, 474
number and capital of com-
panies, to February 5,
1885, 227
obstacles to its universal in-
troduction, 216
operating salt works near
Philipsburg, 226
origin of, still an uncertain
question, 471
permanency of supply of,
specific gravity of, compared
with that of air, 213
table of analyses of, from
various sources, 211, 212
table showing inflammability
of, 229
table showing the properties
of the chief gaseous ele-
ments of, 215
the "fire-damp" of the coal
mines, 205
thrown out in the salt wells
of West Virginia, 134
unsuccessful efforts to remedy
its deficiency in illuminat-
ing power, 228
used in establishments at
Fairview, Petrolia, Kerns
City, and Argyle; and as
a fuel for drilling other
wells, 207, 208
use of, as an illuminator at
the salt mines, 205
use of, as fuel at the salt
wells in Kanawha Valley,
use of, by Carnegie Bros. &
Co., 222
ducing, 312, 313
reduced by steam in open
vessels, 313, 314
requiring only exposure to the
air for the removal of adhe-
ring light vapors, 312, 313
Neff Petroleum Company of Gambier,
Ohio, 236
Brothers, annual capacity of
their pipe-lines, 104, 105
annual turnout of finished
lubricating oils, 113
description of their opera-
oil refinery at Black Town,
planning for the complete oc-
cupancy of the European oil
market, 86
plugging wells for a rise in
the price of oil, 105
turnout of oil refuse, 114, 115
Ludwig, assay of Russian oil by,
Nobel's No. 9 well, 106
No. 25 well, 107
Novoseltseff's estate in the Caucasus,
lake of petroleum on, 97
Nephtenaga Gora (Petroleum Moun-OCTANE, properties of, 215
tain), oil yield of, 123, 124
Neutral oils, 318, 319
Newberry, Prof. J. S., theory of the
origin of petroleum, 22
New York and Pennsylvania, produc-
tion and exhaustion of
the oil regions of, 457–
466
table of oil productions
of, to January 1, 1883,
the greatest oil producing
fields, 38
Oil Exchange, rules adopted
by the, regarding the de-
livery of crude petroleum,
Nineveh and Babylon, cement used in,
Noah, biblical record of his use of pe-
troleum, 55
Non-luminous supporters of combus-
tion evolved in the manufacture of
gas from coal, 214
Octave Oil Company's line, 453
Oenanthyl, hydrides of, formula of,
Ohio pipe-lines, 454, 455
Oil, American, decrease in the size of
the flame and brilliancy of
the light, 110, 111
great waste of, at the wells,
153, 154
largest daily average produc-
tion of, 156
method of drilling for, 176-
price of, in 1862, 154
production of, to end of 1885,
productive region of, 37, 38
table of the daily average
yield of, by districts, 1882-
1886, 159, 160
and gas, geological formations in
which they are found, 475
and gas-well drillers, important
geological facts for the guidance
of, 475
artesian boring for, suggested by
Kier's advertisement, 139, 140
as a beverage by the Russians, 88,
bearing horizons, John F. Carll
on the geological position of,
44, 45
sand rock, evidence not found
in drilling to sustain the
theory of destructivé dis-
tillation, 27, 28
sands, location of, 19
strata, relative position of, to
the coal beds, 48
territories of Russia other than
the Baku, 123
belt on the Apsheron peninsula,
97, 98
black sand, description of, 149
Bradford slush, geological position
of, 44
uniformity in its gravity and
quality, 48
Burmah, hydro-carbons obtained
from, 79
capacity of sand rocks to hold, 32,
cells on the Apsheron Peninsula,
yield of, 104
certificates, charges, 440
payable at any shipping point,
on demand, 440
pipe-lines that issue them,
Creek and Allegheny River, gen-
eral trend of the two
streams, 147, 148
both sides of, honeycombed
by the industrious drill, 146
crude, reception of the, 246, 247
development of the action of sul-
phuric acid on the, 271, 272
district of Bradford, extent and
richness of, 148.
districts of California, 63, 64
of Pennsylvania and New
York, table of annual and
total production of, to Jan-
uary 1, 1883, 155
elevation above and depression
below the sea level, in which it
is found, 98
escape of, at the surface of a well,
from the Parker district, assay of,
374
fuel, management and advantages
of, 92
greatest supply of, from deepest
wells, 104
heavy refuse, export of, from
Baku in 1883, 114
illuminating, comparative yield of
Russian with American petro-
leum, 109
illuminating, Kier's efforts to dis-
til in 1852, 134, 135
Indian use of, in their religious
ceremonies, 126
justifiable means to prevent waste
of, 107, 108
kerosene, term used to designate
any variety of mineral illumin-
ating oil, 136
lands of Japan, 82-84
low price of, at Black Creek in
1862, 61
lubricating, chemical purification
of the, 341, 342
comparative yield of Russian
with American petroleum,
production of, at Baku in
1885, 122
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