Difference between revisions of "Coal oil"
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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, G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 431
- Richard S. Lewis, Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
- Random House, 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