1880 Census: Volume 10. Production, Technology, and Uses of Petroleum and Its Products; The Manufacture of Coke; and Building Stones of the United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880

January 1884

Production, Technology, and Uses of Petroleum and Its Products

The natural history of petroleum togther with the description of the methods employed in production, transportation, and sale of petroleum in the United States and the statistics of the production of petroleum in the year ending May 31, 1880.

The Manufacture of Coke

The characteristics of the works, materials used, and labor employed in the manufacture of coke in the United States in the census year 1880. Also includes the history of coke, both in this country and in Europe.

Building Stones of the United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880

Statistics showing the number of quarries, the capital invested in them, product in the census year, and its value, and other details regarding labor, means of transportation, etc.

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Report on the Production, Technology, and Uses of Petroleum and Its Products

Title page, Table of Contents, Transmittal Letter [1.2 MB]

Part I. The Natural History of Petroleum, Together with a Description of the Methods Employed in the Production, Transportation, and Sale of Petroleum in the United States, and Statistics of the Production of Petroleum in the United States and Foreign Countires During the Year Ending May 31, 1880

Chapters I-V [11 MB]

Chapter I. History of the Discovery of Petroleum and the Development of the Petroleum Industry
Chapter II. The Geographical Distribution of Petroleum and Other Forms of Bitumen
Chapter III. The Geological Occurrence of Bitumens
Chapter IV. The Chemistry of Petroleum
Chapter V. The Orgin of Bitumens

Chapters VI-X [8.3 MB]

Chapter VI. The Development of Oil Territory
Chapter VII. The Production of Oil
Chapter VIII. Transportation and Storage of Petroleum
Chapter IX. Petroleum in Commerce
Chapter X. Production of Petroleum in the United States During the Census Year

Part II. The Technology of Petroleum

Part II. The Technology of Petroleum [4.0 MB]

Part III. The Uses of Petroleum and Its Products

Chapters I-V [7.2 MB]

Chapter I. The Use of Mineral Oils for Lubrication
Chapter II. The Uses of Petroleum and Its Products for Illumination
Chapter III. Natural Gas and the Carburetting of Gas and Air
Chapter IV. The Use of Petroleum and Its Products as Fuel
Chapter V. The Uses of Petroleum in Medicine

Chapters VI-VIII [6.0 MB]

Chapter VI. Miscellaneous Uses of Petroleum and Its Products
Chapter VII. The Influence of Petroleum upon Civilization
Chapter VIII. The Bibliography of Bitumen and its Related Subjects

Index to Report on Petroleum [1.6 MB]

Illustrations

Petroleum Field (An Original Photograph) [1.2 MB]
Map I. Showing the Distribution of Bitumen Throughout the World [<1.0 MB]
Map II. Showing the Areas that Produced Bitumen in the United States and Canada [<1.0 MB]
Map III. Showing the Developed Oil Fields of Western Pennsylvania and New York [<1.0 MB]
Map IV. The Volcano Oil Region of West Virginia [<1.0 MB]
Map V. The Oil Regions of Kentucky and Tennessee [<1.0 MB]
Map VI. Bitumen-Producing Localities in Southern Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky [<1.0 MB]
Map VII. Showing Bitumen Springs in Texas and Louisiana [<1.0 MB]
Map VIII. Showing Localities in Michigan and Canada that have Produced Bitumen [<1.0 MB]

Report on the Manufacture of Coke

Title page, Table of Contents, Transmittal Letter, Parts I-II [5.8 MB]

Part I. Statistics of the Manufacture of Coke
Part II. Coking in the United States

Parts III-V, Index to Coke [8.1 MB]

Part III. Coking in Europe
Part IV. Coal, Coal-Washing, etc.
Part V. Ovens

Select Illustrations

Fig. 1. The coke-producing belt [<1.0 MB]
Fig. 7. The Stutz coal-washing machinery [<1.0 MB]
Fig. 8. 36-inch Osterspey-jig for coal [<1.0 MB]
Fig. 15. Morewood Coke Company: Ground plan and section of bank oven [<1.0 MB]
Fig. 16. Browney Colliery: Arrangement of coke-ovens, boilers, chimney, etc. (ground plan) [<1.0 MB]
Fig. 17. Browney Colliery: Arrangement of coke-ovens, boilers, chimney, etc. (elevation) [<1.0 MB]
Fig. 18. Coppee’s coke-oven: Coke-ram [<1.0 MB]
Fig. 19. Coppee’s coke-oven: Plan and elevation [<1.0 MB]
Fig. 20. Appolt’s coke-ovens [<1.0 MB]
Fig. 21-26. The Siemens-Carves oven [<1.0 MB]

Report on The Building Stones of the United States, and Statistics of the Quarry Industry for 1880

Title page, Table of Contents, Transmittal Letter, Chapters I-II [7.4 MB]

Chapter I. Introduction
Chapter II. Microscopic Structures

Chapters III-V [9.0 MB]

Chapter III. Chemical Examination
Chapter IV. Quarry Methods
Chapter V. Statistics of Building Stones

Chapter VI. Descriptions of Quarries and Quarry Regions [12 MB]
Chapter VI. Descriptions of Quarries and Quarry Regions (Continued) [12 MB]
Chapter VII. Stone Construction in Cities [10 MB]
Chapter VIII. The Durability of Building Stones in New York City and Vicinity [7.5 MB]
Appendix [<1.0 MB]
Index to Report on Building Stones [1.1 MB]

Illustrations

Plate I. Muscovite Granite, Barre, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate II. Biotite Granite, Dix Island, Maine [<1.0 MB]
Plate III. Biotite Granite, Sullivan, Maine [<1.0 MB]
Plate IV. Hornblende Granite, Peabody, Mississippi [<1.0 MB]
Plate V. Hornblende Biotite Granite, Saint George, Maine [<1.0 MB]
Plate VI. Hornblende Biotite Gneiss, Middletown, Connecticut [<1.0 MB]
Plate VII. Mica Schist, Washington, District of Columbia [<1.0 MB]
Plate VIII. Diabase, Weehawken, New Jersey [<1.0 MB]
Plate IX. Olivine Diabase, Addison, Maine [<1.0 MB]
Plate X. Basalt, Bridgeport, California [<1.0 MB]
Plate XI. Quartz Porphyry, Fairfield, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
Plate XII. Orthoclase Porphyry, Stone Mountain, Missouri [<1.0 MB]
Plate XIII. Sandstone, Portland, Connecticut [<1.0 MB]
Plate XIV. Siliceous Sandstone, Potsdam, New York [<1.0 MB]
Plate XV. Conglomerate, Estelville, New Jersey [<1.0 MB]
Plate XVI. Quartz Schist, Berks County, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
Plate XVII. Marble, Rutland, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate XVIII. Serpentine, Chester County, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
Plates XIX to XXVI. Plates illustrating quarries, quarry methods, and machines used in quarrying [3.2 MB]

Chromolithographs

Plate XXVII. Biotite Granite, Red Beach, Maine [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXVIII. Biotite Granite with Epidote, Lebanon, Grafton County, New Hampshire [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXIX. Biotite, Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXX. Marble, Mallett’s Bay, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXXI. Marble, Mallett’s Bay, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXXII. “Lepanto” Marble, Isle La Motte, Grand Isle County, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXXIII. Marble, Sutherland Falls, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXXIV. Marble, Rutland, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXXV. Marble, Swanton, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXXVI. Marble, Mallett’s Bay, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXXVII. Marble, West Rutland, Vermont [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXXVIII. Hornblende Granite, Peabody, Massachusetts [<1.0 MB]
Plate XXXIX. Biotite Granite, Westerly, Rhode Island [<1.0 MB]
Plate XL. Hornblende Biotite Gneiss, Middletown, Connecticut [<1.0 MB]
Plate XLI. Hornblende Granite, Grindstone Island, Jefferson County, New York [<1.0 MB]
Plate XLII. Marble, Port Henry, Essex County, New York [<1.0 MB]
Plate XLIII. Sandstone, Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
Plate XLIV. Marble, King of Prussia, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania [<1.0 MB]
Plate XLV. Triassic Sandstone, Seneca creek, Maryland [<1.0 MB]
Plate XLVI. Limestone Breccia, Point of Rocks, Maryland [<1.0 MB]
Plate XLVII. Serpentine, Harford County, Maryland [<1.0 MB]
Plate XLVIII. Marble, Swain County, North Carolina [<1.0 MB]
Plate XLIX. Biotite Granite, Burnet County, Texas [<1.0 MB]
Plate L. Marble, Rogersville, Hawkins County, Tennessee [<1.0 MB]
Plate LI. Sandstone, Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio [<1.0 MB]
Plate LII. Waverly Sandstone, Sunbury, Delaware County, Ohio [<1.0 MB]
Plate LIII. Limestone, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio [<1.0 MB]
Plate LIV. Limestone, Bedford, Lawrence County, Indiana [<1.0 MB]
Plate LV. Biotite Granite, Iron Township, Iron County, Missouri [<1.0 MB]
Plate LVI. Marble, Payson, Utah [<1.0 MB]
Plate LVII. Stalagmite Marble, Solano County, California [<1.0 MB]
Plate LVIII. Marble, Indian Diggings, El Dorado County, California [<1.0 MB]

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