Difference between revisions of "Naphtha"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_147024" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_147024" /> == | ||
<p> (1): (n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, - used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc. </p> <p> (2): (n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc. </p> | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, - used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77174" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77174" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:46, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, - used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc.
(2): ( n.) One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A liquid hydro-carbon of an inflammable nature that exudes from the earth or is distilled from coal-tar, &c.
