Bulletin 165 Bibliography of Petroleum and Allied Substances in 1916

HISTORICAL REFERENCES OCCURRENCE-GEOLOGY AND ORIGIN. 4. ARNOLD, RALPH. Conservation of the oil and gas resources of the Americas, Econ. Geol., vol. 11, Apr.-May, 1916, pp. 203-222; June, 1916, pp. 299-326; Proc. 2nd Pan American Sci. Cong., 1915-1916, vol. 3, Conservation of natural resources, pp. 207-237. Shows occurrence of oll, and status and possibilities of oil Industry in each country. Discusses briefly ways in which oll reserves may be conserved. 5. RUTIS, A. A. Petroleum known since remote times. Oil and Gas Jour., vol. 15, Nov. 2, 1916, pp. 33, 37. Gives historical reférences to the use of petroleum from Bible times to its discovery In America. See also Nos. 3, 257, 202, 337, 1843.