 | Literature - 1889 - 864 pages
...— it was the largest ever known at Baku. . . . The derrick itself was 70 feet high, and the oil and sand, after bursting through the roof and sides, flowed...fully three times higher, forming a greyish-black fonntain, the column clearly defined on the southern side, but merging into a cloud of spray 30 yards... | |
 | Charles Marvin - Baku (Azerbaijan) - 1884 - 540 pages
...part of the sides of the derrick, but there was a beam left at the top, against which the oil broke with a roar in its upward course, and which served...clearly defined on the southern side, but merging into a cloud of spray thirty yards broad on the other. A strong southerly wind enabled us to approach... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1886 - 522 pages
...part of the sides of the derrick, but there was a beam left at the top against which the oil broke with a roar in its upward course, and which served,...the roof and sides, flowed fully three times higher, * A rongh guess : the real value would have been £11,000. forming a greyish-black fountain, the column... | |
 | Geology - 1886 - 728 pages
...part of the sides of the derrick, but there was a beam left at the top, against which the oil broke with a roar in its upward course, and which served...measure to check its velocity. The derrick itself was seventy feet high, and the oil and the sand, after bursting through the roof and the sides, flowed... | |
 | Benjamin Johnson Crew, Charles Albert Ashburner - Natural gas - 1887 - 532 pages
...part of the sides of the derrick, but there was a beam left at the top, against which the oil broke with a roar in its upward course, and which served...measure to check its velocity. The derrick itself was seventy feet high, and the oil and the sand after bursting through the roof and sides flowed fully... | |
 | Charles Marvin - Baku - 1891 - 470 pages
...part of the sides of the derrick, but there was a beam left at the top, against which the oil broke with a roar in its upward course, and which served...measure to check its velocity. The derrick itself was seventy feet high, and the oil and the sand, after bursting through the roof and sides, flowed fully... | |
 | Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - Geology - 1897 - 830 pages
...upward course, and which served in a measure to check its velocity. The derrick itself was seventy feet high, and the oil and the sand, after bursting...the southern side but merging in a cloud of spray thirty yards broad on the other. A strong southerly wind enabled us to approach within a few yards... | |
 | Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - Animals - 1897 - 830 pages
...upward course, and which served in a measure to check its velocity. The derrick itself was seventy feet high, and the oil and the sand, after bursting...the roof and sides, flowed fully three times higher, formiug a greyish-black fountain, the column clearly defined on the southern side but merging in a... | |
 | Great Britain - 1885 - 232 pages
...could be heard several miles round. " The fountain was a splendid spectacle. The derrick was seventy feet high, and the oil and the sand, after bursting...three times higher, forming a greyish-black fountain, 'he column clearly defined on the south side, but merging into a cloud of spray thirty yards broad... | |
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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 fountain, the column clearly defined on the southern side, but merging into a cloud of spray... 