 | Charles Marvin - Baku (Azerbaijan) - 1884 - 540 pages
...roubles, or at the least £11,200 a day. me by an American petroleum engineer, as I stood alongside a well that had burst the previous morning, and out...measure to check its velocity. The derrick itself was 70 feet high, and the oil and the sand, after bursting through the roof and sides, flowed fully three... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1886 - 522 pages
...the oil was flying twice the height of the Great Geyser in Iceland, with a roar that could be heard miles round. The fountain was a splendid spectacle...measure, to check its velocity. The derrick itself was 70 feet high, and the oil and the sand, after bursting through the roof and sides, flowed fully three... | |
 | Sir Boverton Redwood - Natural gas - 1896 - 478 pages
...over £11,000, daily :— " The fountain was a splendid spectacle — it was the largest ever known in Baku. When the first outburst took place the oil had...there was a beam left at the top against which the oil burst with a roar in its upward course, and which served in a measure to check its velocity. The derrick... | |
 | Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - Geology - 1897 - 830 pages
...described as follows : " The fountain was a splendid spectacle — it was the largest ever known in Baku. When the first outburst took place the oil had...there was a beam left at the top against which the oil burst with a roar in its upward course, and which served in a measure to check its velocity. The derrick... | |
 | Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - Animals - 1897 - 830 pages
...described as follows : "The fountain was a splendid spectacle — it was the largest ever known in Baku. When the first outburst took place the oil had...there was a beam left at the top against which the oil burst with a roar in its upward course, and which served in a measure to check its velocity. The derrick... | |
 | Pan American Petroleum and Transport Company - Petroleum - 1922 - 328 pages
...splendid spectacle — it was the largest ever known in Baku. When the first outburst took place, the oil knocked off the roof and part of the sides of the...there was a beam left at the top against which the oil burst with a roar in its upward course, and which served in a measure to check its velocity. The derrick... | |
 | Sir Boverton Redwood - Natural gas - 1922 - 454 pages
...splendid spectacle — it was the largest ever known in Baku. When the first outburst took place, the oil knocked off the roof and part of the sides of the...there was a beam left at the top against which the oil burst with a roar in its upward course, and which served in a measure to check its velocity. The derrick... | |
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... with a roar in its upward course, and which served in a measure to check its velocity. The derrick itself was 70 feet high, and the oil and the sand, after bursting through the roof and sides, flowed fully three times higher, forming a greyish-black... 