Coal oil

Description

An oil obtained from the destructive distillation of Coal. Coal oil was used for illumination and was originally called Kerosene.

Synonyms and Related Terms

kerosene; coal liquid

Hazards and Safety

Flammable.

Authority

• G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 431

• Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

• Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

• The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998