 | Constable and co, ltd - 1827 - 648 páginas
...oil at the bottom we could not judge. The owner of the rope, who followed our guide, affirmed, that when a pit yielded as much as came up to the waist of of a man, it was deemed tolerably productive. If it reached to his neck, it was abundant ; but that... | |
 | Michael Symes - 1827 - 348 páginas
...oil at the bottom we could not judge. The owner of the rope, who -followed our guide, affirmed, that when a pit yielded as much as came up to the waist of of a man, it was deemed tolerably productive. If it reached to his neck, it was abundant ; but that... | |
 | Andrew Cone - 1870 - 696 páginas
...oil at the bottom we could not judge. The owner of the rope, who followed our guide, affirmed that when a pit yielded as much as came up to the waist...productive, if it reached his neck, it was abundant ; but that which rose no higher than the knee, was accounted indifferent. When a well is exhausted,... | |
 | J. T. Henry - 1873 - 756 páginas
...oil at the bottom we could not judge. The owner of the rope, who followed our guide, affirmed that when a pit yielded as much as came up to the waist...productive ; if it reached his neck, it was abundant ; but that which rose no higher than the knee, was accounted indifferent. When a well is exhausted,... | |
 | Geological Survey of India - 1895 - 386 páginas
...of oil at the bottom we could not judge: the owner of the rope who followed our guide affirmed, that when a pit yielded as much as came up to the waist...it was deemed tolerably productive ; if it reached to his neck, it was abundant ; but that which rose no higher than the knee, was accounted indifferent.... | |
 | John Percy Hardiman - 1900 - 696 páginas
...thirtyseven fathoms, but the quantity of oil at the bottom we could not judge. * * * * \\re Were told that when a pit yielded as much as came up to the waist...it was deemed tolerably productive ; if it reached to his neck it was abundant, but that which rose no higher than the kuee was accounted indifferent.... | |
 | Kansas Geological Survey - 1908 - 682 páginas
...elevation; the contents, water and oil together, are discharged into a cistern, and the water is afterward drawn through a hole in the bottom. . . . When a pit...Indies. For the Burmese trade flatboats ascend the Irrawaddy to Rainanghong, a town inhabited almost exclusively by the potters who make the earthen jars... | |
 | Kansas Geological Survey - 1908 - 920 páginas
...elevation ; the contents, water and oil together, are discharged into a cistern, and the water is afterward drawn through a hole in the bottom. . . . When a pit...Indies. For the Burmese trade flatboats ascend the Irrawaddy to Rainanghong, a town inhabited almost exclusively by the potters who make the earthen jars... | |
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... oil at the bottom we could not judge. The owner of the rope, who followed our guide, affirmed that when a pit yielded as much as came up to the waist of a man, it was deemed tolerably productive, if it reached his neck, it was abundant; but that which... 