 | James Dwight Dana - 1844 - 660 Seiten
...hundred naphtha wells, which afford annually 412,000 hhds. A very remarkable locality of bitumen occurs on the island of Trinidad, where there is a lake of it, one and a half miles in circumference. The bitumen is solid and cold near the shores, but gradually... | |
 | J.D. Dana - 1855 - 440 Seiten
...the shores of the Dead Sea, and in the neighborhood of the Caspian. A very remarkable locality occurs on the island of Trinidad, where there is a lake of it about a mile and half in circumference. The bitumen is solid and cold near the shores ; but gradually... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1878 - 502 Seiten
...on the shores of the Dead Sea, and in the neighborhood of the Caspian. A remarkable locality occurs on the island of Trinidad, where there is a lake of it about a mile and half in circumference. The bitumen is solid and cold near the shores; but gradually... | |
 | James Dwight Dana - 1887 - 562 Seiten
...on the shores of the Dead Sea, and in the neighborhood of the Caspian. A remarkable locality occurs on the island of Trinidad, where there is a lake of it about a mile and half in circumference. The bitumen is solid and cold near the shores; but gradually... | |
 | United States National Museum - 1892 - 1006 Seiten
...impurities. It has a characteristic luster and odor. It is black in color and melts at 90° to 100° <J. It is found in rocks of all ages, but there are only...and walks. It is illustrated by two specimens : (1) In trap rock. Hartford, Connecticut. (59934.) (2) Massive. Island of Trinidad. (10678.) Albertite is... | |
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Obs. Asphaltum is met with .abundantly on the shores of the Dead Sea, and in the neighborhood of the Caspian. A remarkable locality occurs on the island of Trinidad, where there is a lake of it about a mile and half in circumference. The bitumen is solid... 