rock-oil

The cheap lamp of rock-oil gave off almost as much smoke as light, which probably didn't help the coughing any.

Fiddler Fair Lackey, Mercedes 1998

Its presence as an oily scum on the surface of ponds and streams had long been known, and among the Indians this "rock-oil" was highly appreciated as a vehicle for mixing their wax paint, and for anointing their bodies; in later years it was gathered in

Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Various

My part was simply to stand by with the dark lantern in one hand, and a small bottle of rock-oil in the other.

The Amateur Cracksman 1902

Raffles had produced a pretty embroidered case, intended obviously for his razors, but filled instead with the tools of his secret trade, including the rock-oil.

The Amateur Cracksman 1902

That's his centre-bit, and this is the bottle of rock-oil he's supposed to have kept dipping it in to prevent making a noise.

A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures 1893

There was the revolver that I had only once heard fired, and there the blood-stained life-preserver, brace-and-bit, bottle of rock-oil, velvet bag, rope-ladder, walking-stick, gimlets, wedges, and even the empty cartridge-case which had once concealed the gift of a civilized monarch to a potentate of color.

A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures 1893

Raffles had produced a pretty embroidered case, intended obviously for his razors, but filled instead with the tools of his secret trade, including the rock-oil.

The Amateur Cracksman 1893

My part was simply to stand by with the dark lantern in one hand, and a small bottle of rock-oil in the other.

The Amateur Cracksman 1893

In another minute we were at work upon the study-door, I with the tiny lantern and the bottle of rock-oil, he with the brace and the largest bit.

A Thief in the Night: a Book of Raffles' Adventures 1893

Hundred Fifty-nine, that neck of the woods was electrified by the news that Drake's Folly was gushing rock-oil.

Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 11 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Businessmen Elbert Hubbard 1885