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1880 Census: Volume 10. Production, Technology, and Uses of Petroleum and Its Products; The Manufacture of Coke; and Building Stones of the United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880

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1880 Census: Volume 10. Production, Technology, and Uses of Petroleum and Its Products; The Manufacture of Coke; and Building Stones of the United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880

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Production, Technology, and Uses of Petroleum and Its Products

The natural history of petroleum togther with the description of the methods employed in production, transportation, and sale of petroleum in the United States and the statistics of the production of petroleum in the year ending May 31, 1880.

The Manufacture of Coke

The characteristics of the works, materials used, and labor employed in the manufacture of coke in the United States in the census year 1880.  Also includes the history of coke, both in this country and in Europe.

Building Stones of the United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880

Statistics showing the number of quarries, the capital invested in them, product in the census year, and its value, and other details regarding labor, means of transportation, etc.

Report on the Production, Technology, and Uses of Petroleum and Its Products

pdf Title page, Table of Contents, Transmittal Letter [1.2 MB]

Part I. The Natural History of Petroleum, Together with a Description of the Methods Employed in the Production, Transportation, and Sale of Petroleum in the United States, and Statistics of the Production of Petroleum in the United States and Foreign Countires During the Year Ending May 31, 1880

pdf Chapter I. History of the Discovery of Petroleum and the Development of the Petroleum Industry<br>Chapter II. The Geographical Distribution of Petroleum and Other Forms of Bitumen<br>Chapter III. The Geological Occurrence of Bitumens<br>Chapter IV. The Chemistry of Petroleum<br>Chapter V. The Orgin of Bitumens [11.0 MB]
pdf Chapter VI. The Development of Oil Territory<br>Chapter VII. The Production of Oil<br>Chapter VIII. Transportation and Storage of Petroleum<br>Chapter IX. Petroleum in Commerce<br>Chapter X. Production of Petroleum in the United States During the Census Year [8.3 MB]
pdf Part II. The Technology of Petroleum [4.0 MB]

Part III. The Uses of Petroleum and Its Products

pdf Chapter I. The Use of Mineral Oils for Lubrication<br>Chapter II. The Uses of Petroleum and Its Products for Illumination<br>Chapter III. Natural Gas and the Carburetting of Gas and Air<br>Chapter IV. The Use of Petroleum and Its Products as Fuel<br>Chapter V. The Uses of Petroleum in Medicine [7.2 MB]
pdf Chapter VI. Miscellaneous Uses of Petroleum and Its Products<br>Chapter VII. The Influence of Petroleum upon Civilization<br>Chapter VIII. The Bibliography of Bitumen and its Related Subjects [6.0 MB]
pdf Index to Report on Petroleum [1.6 MB]

List of Illustrations

pdf Petroleum Field (An Original Photograph) [1.2 MB]
pdf Map I. Showing the Distribution of Bitumen Throughout the World [<1.0 MB]
pdf Map II. Showing the Areas that Produced Bitumen in the United States and Canada [<1.0 MB]
pdf Map III. Showing the Developed Oil Fields of Western Pennsylvania and New York [<1.0 MB]
pdf Map IV. The Volcano Oil Region of West Virginia [<1.0 MB]
pdf Map V. The Oil Regions of Kentucky and Tennessee [<1.0 MB]
pdf Map VI. Bitumen-Producing Localities in Southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky [<1.0 MB]
pdf Map VII. Showing Bitumen Springs in Texas and Louisiana [<1.0 MB]
pdf Map VIII. Showing Localities in Michigan and Canada that have Produced Bitumen [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate I. Piece of the Huronian Shale inclosing the Alberite Vein in New Brunswick [1.2 MB]
pdf Plate II. Portion of the surface of a Horse of Sandstone found inclosed in the Grahamite Vein, Ritchie County, West Virginia [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate III. Profile through Axis of West Virginia, anticlinal from Ohio River to Little Kanawha River [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate IV. Sections on the Ohio River above Marietta, at Horse Neck, West Virginia, and between Laurel Fork Junction and Petroleum, West Virginia [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate V. Vertical section of White Oak anticlinal, West Virginia [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate VI. Fig 1 – Pumping Well, 1861; Fig 2 – Pumping Well, 1868; Fig 3 – Pumping Well, 1878; Fig 4 – Flowing Well, 1880; Fig 5 – Drilling Well and Full String of Tools [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate VII. Generalized Geological section from Black Rock, New York, to Dunkard Creek, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate VIII. Generalized vertical section from the top of the Upper Barren Coal Measures down to the Corniferous Limestone, to show the various Oil Horizons of Canada, New York, and Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate IX. Section of bituminous rocks on Bigg's Ranch, Santa Barbara County, California; Bitumen at Selenitza, Albania [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate X. Old Oil Springs, Paint Creek, Johnson County, Kentucky; Section on Little Paint Creek, Johnson County, Kentucky; Crow’s Nest, on Paint Creek, Johnson County, Kentucky [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XI. Section through Sulphur Mountain and Ojai Plateau, Ventura County, California [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XII. Section from Boryslaw to Schodnica, East Galicia; Section of vein of asphaltum near Havana, Cuba; Bitumen in Albania [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XIII. Foundation timbers for rig [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XIV. Side elevation of derrick and engine [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XV. Horizontal projection of derrick and engine [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XVI. End elevation of derrick [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XVII. Inside view of derrick at night, showing use of temper-screw and derrick-light [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XVIII. Eight-inch bit—Five-and-one-half-inch bit—Auger stem—Sinker bar [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XIX. Jars—Rope socket—Ring socket [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XX. Temper-screw—Wrench—Five-and-one-half-inch Reamer—Eight-inch Reamer [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXI. Torpedo before explosion [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXII. Cross-section of pumping well, 1861—wooden conductor—Cross-section of pumping well, 1868—cast-iron drive-pipe [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXIII. Cross-section of pumping well, wrought-iron drive-pipe, 1878—Cross-section of flowing well, 1880 [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXIV. Sucker-rod movement [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXV. Lateral vertical section of cylindrical still—Transverse vertical section of cylindrical still [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXVI. Horizontal section of cheese-box-still setting—Vertical section of cheese-box-still setting [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXVII. Section of condensing drum—Section of steam-pipe for still head—Diagram showing arrangement for distributing distillates [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXVIII. Ramdohr’s paraffine filtering apparatus—Ramdohr’s paraffine filtering apparatus—Ramdohr’s charcoal pulverizing drum or cylinder [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXIX. Salleron-Urbain tester—Tagliabue’s open tester—Saybolt’s tester—Abel’s tester—Tagliabue’s closed tester—Tagliabue’s closed tester [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXX. Parrish’s naphtometerr—Engler’s tester—Engler’s tester—Vertical section of Eames’ petroleum furnace [<1.0 MB]

Report on the Manufacture of Coke

pdf Title page, Table of Contents, Transmittal Letter<br>Part I. Statistics of the Manufacture of Coke<br>Part II. Coking in the United States [5.8 MB]
pdf Part III. Coking in Europe<br>Part IV. Coal, Coal-Washing, etc.<br>Part V. Ovens<br>Index to Coke [8.1 MB]

List of Illustrations (selected)

pdf Fig. 1. The coke-producing belt [<1.0 MB]
pdf Fig. 7. The Stutz coal-washing machinery [<1.0 MB]
pdf Fig. 8. 36-inch Osterspey-jig for coal [<1.0 MB]
pdf Fig. 15. Morewood Coke Company: Ground plan and section of bank oven [<1.0 MB]
pdf Fig. 16. Browney Colliery: Arrangement of coke-ovens, boilers, chimney, etc. (ground plan) [<1.0 MB]
pdf Fig. 17. Browney Colliery: Arrangement of coke-ovens, boilers, chimney, etc. (elevation) [<1.0 MB]
pdf Fig. 18. Coppee’s coke-oven: Coke-ram [<1.0 MB]
pdf Fig. 19. Coppee’s coke-oven: Plan and elevation [<1.0 MB]
pdf Fig. 20. Appolt’s coke-ovens [<1.0 MB]
pdf Fig. 21-26. The Siemens-Carves oven [<1.0 MB]

Report on The Building Stones of the United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880

pdf Title page, Table of Contents, Transmittal Letter<br>Chapter I. Introduction<br>Chapter II. Microscopic Structures [7.4 MB]
pdf Chapter III. Chemical Examination<br>Chapter IV. Quarry Methods<br>Chapter V. Statistics of Building Stones [9.0 MB]
pdf Chapter VI. Descriptions of Quarries and Quarry Regions [12.0 MB]
pdf Chapter VI. Descriptions of Quarries and Quarry Regions (continued) [12.0 MB]
pdf Chapter VII. Stone Construction in Cities [10.0 MB]
pdf Chapter VIII. The Durability of Building Stones in New York City and Vicinity [7.5 MB]
pdf Appendix [<1.0 MB]
pdf Index to Report on Building Stones [1.1 MB]

List of Illustrations

pdf Plate I. Muscovite Granite, Barre, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate II. Biotite Granite, Dix Island, Maine [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate III. Biotite Granite, Sullivan, Maine [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate IV. Hornblende Granite, Peabody, Mississippi [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate V. Hornblende Biotite Granite, Saint George, Maine [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate VI. Hornblende Biotite Gneiss, Middletown, Connecticut [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate VII. Mica Schist, Washington, District of Columbia [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate VIII. Diabase, Weehawken, New Jersey [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate IX. Olivine Diabase, Addison, Maine [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate X. Basalt, Bridgeport, California [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XI. Quartz Porphyry, Fairfield, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XII. Orthoclase Porphyry, Stone Mountain, Missouri [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XIII. Sandstone, Portland, Connecticut [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XIV. Siliceous Sandstone, Potsdam, New York [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XV. Conglomerate, Estelville, New Jersey [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XVI. Quartz Schist, Berks County, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XVII. Marble, Rutland, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XVIII. Serpentine, Chester County, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plates XIX to XXVI. Plates illustrating quarries, quarry methods, and machines used in quarrying [3.2 MB]

Chromolithographs (at end of volume)
pdf Plate XXVII. Biotite Granite, Red Beach, Maine [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXVIII. Biotite Granite with Epidote, Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXIX. Biotite, Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXX. Marble, Mallett’s Bay, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXXI. Marble, Mallett’s Bay, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXXII. “Lepanto” Marble, Isle La Motte, Grand Isle County, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXXIII. Marble, Sutherland Falls, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXXIV. Marble, Rutland, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXXV. Marble, Swanton, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXXVI. Marble, Mallett’s Bay, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXXVII. Marble, West Rutland, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXXVIII. Hornblende Granite, Peabody, Massachusetts [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XXXIX. Biotite Granite, Westerly, Rhode Island [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XL. Hornblende Biotite Gneiss, Middletown, Connecticut [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XLI. Hornblende Granite, Grindstone Island, Jefferson County, New York [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XLII. Marble, Port Henry, Essex County, New York [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XLIII. Sandstone, Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XLIV. Marble, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XLV. Triassic Sandstone, Seneca creek, Maryland [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XLVI. Limestone Breccia, Point of Rocks, Maryland [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XLVII. Serpentine, Harford County, Maryland [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XLVIII. Marble, Swain County, North Carolina [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate XLIX. Biotite Granite, Burnet County, Texas [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate L. Marble, Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate LI. Sandstone, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate LII. Waverly Sandstone, Sunbury, Delaware County, Ohio [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate LIII. Limestone, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate LIV. Limestone, Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate LV. Biotite Granite, Iron Township, Iron County, Missouri [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate LVI. Marble, Payson, Utah [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate LVII. Stalagmite Marble, Solano County, California [<1.0 MB]
pdf Plate LVIII. Marble, Indian Diggings, El Dorado County, California [<1.0 MB]

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