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Definition of Mineral tar
1. Noun. A thick black tar intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mineral Tar
Literary usage of Mineral tar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The whole of these substances merge into each other by insensible degrees, so
that it is impossible to вау at what point mineral tar ends and asphalt begins ..."
2. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1835)
"The first comprehends naphtha, petroleum, mineral tar, ... mineral tar is very
similar to petroleum, but is more viscid and of a deeper colour. ..."
3. The History and Description of Fossil Fuel, the Collieries, and Coal Trade by John Holland (1841)
"... Cannel Coal, and Jet—Pulverised Coal—Copperas—Bituminous Products of Coal—Pitch
Lake—Early Experiments on mineral tar—Natural Fountains of Gas—Earl of ..."
4. Elements of Mineralogy by Richard Kirwan (1810)
"... but sometimes white, as the kind of, guhr found by Mr. Morveau. Digress. Acad.
p. 378. Species 3.—mineral tar, Barbadoes Tar. ... mineral tar exposed ..."
5. A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines by Andrew Ure (1858)
"Goldsmid and Russell, these gentlemen have made an interesting comparison between
the properties of mineral tar and vegetable tar : the bitumen composed of ..."
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