This section is from the book "Industrial Recipes", by John Phin. Also available from Amazon: The Workshop Companion.
This material is frequently alluded to in industrial works and journals published in Great Britain. It is simply petroleum obtained from Rangoon, in Burmah. The crude product is known as Rangoon tar; the purified oil as Rangoon oil. Where Rangoon oil is prescribed, a good quality of kerosene may, in almost every case, be used in its stead.
 
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