naptha

• “The broad main street, in which Aph-Lin dwelt, expanded into a vast square, in which were placed the College of Sages and all the public offices; a magnificent fountain of the luminous fluid which I call naptha (I am ignorant of its real nature) in the centre.”

  The Coming Race

• “Be it as it may, this, he tells us, is the place where that fiery matter called naptha issued: from whence, undoubtedly, the place had its name.”

  A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I.

• “BPD= Barrels Per Day Sold worldwide, all petroleum products such as naptha and aviation fuel, in thousands.”

  Firedoglake » Oil Tops $75 a Barrel

• “They have insisted on importing liquid ammonia, a basic raw material, rather than using indigenous naptha which is abundantly available.”

  A Special Supplement: The Responsibility of Intellectuals

• “Once warmed by the pump-up "naptha" lantern and the gasoline hotplate, it would become”

  Blind Man's Lantern

• “From the crude oil thus distilled there will be produced something like 10,000,000 gallons of refined burning oil annually, besides crude solid paraffin, and other products, such as naptha and lubricating oils.”

  Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities

• “Until quite recently, the Nome city dump was simply fascinating; every kind of steam, diesel, naptha, and gasoline engine known to man, all sorts of industrial electrical equipment, huge gold dredges, all sorts of stuff left over from the WWII base out there from which Soviet flyers took off with Lend-Lease planes, Now its pretty much all gone.”

  Democrats declare war on West Virginia. Again. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState

• “Everclear works just as good as naptha by the way!!”

  Do guys like zippos. they are my tops for the most reliable piece of gear. never go to deer camp without it.

• “I still have a large collection of zippos from dayz gone by, but I would'nt think of carring a poket of naptha now days though, much easier to have s bic.”

  Do guys like zippos. they are my tops for the most reliable piece of gear. never go to deer camp without it.

• “Processing ethane into chemicals is 50% cheaper than using crude oil-derived naptha and its availability has made U.S. petrochemical companies the envy of overseas competitors.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Shale's Bounty Goes Beyond Oil and Gas

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