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Whale oil

Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales. It was at one point an important fuel for illumination, as well as machine lubrication and other uses. Despite the increased availability of petroleum-based alternatives such as kerosene, whales and whale oil continued to be harvested well past the mid-20th century, although with the decline in…

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Whale oil

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Whale oil

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related to Further reading · 42
Whale oil → American, American Petroleum Industry, Aquatic, Chemical, Chemistry, Churchill, Conversion, Date, DC, Dibdin, Fish, Fish Commission Report, Friedrich Ludwig, Future, GPO, How Capitalism Saved, II, Includes, Industry, ISBN
related to Gallery · 20
Whale oil → An Inuk, Art, Blubber Pot, Bohuslän, Canada, Lyse, Men, National Gallery, New England, New Zealand, Nordic Museum, Nunavut, Simon's Town, South AfricaMāori, Stockholm, SwedenWatercolor, Te Arai, Tokerau Beach, Whale, Whalers
related to Illumination · 12
Whale oil → As, Britain, Cheaper, Emerging, Europe, In, Industrial Revolution, London, This, United States, Vauxhall Gardens, Whale
related to Other uses · 10
Whale oil → After, An, British Army, First World War, The, Until, US, Western Front, Whale, World War
related to Source · 8
Whale oil → Baleen, Dutch, Oil, On, The, Their, They, Whale
related to Chemistry · 7
Whale oil → It, Its, Most, Oil, The, Whale, When
related to Lubrication · 6
Whale oil → Apollo, General Motors, In, It, Sperm, United Kingdom
related to External links · 4
Whale oil → Media, Whale, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to In literature and art · 4
Whale oil → Herman Melville, Herman Melville's, Moby-Dick, The
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oil whale whaling whales used use blubber kerosene century uses illumination lubrication sperm industry well boiling new commercial applications train-oil

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keroseneinstance ofDespite the increased availability of petroleum-based alternatives0.80text
whalesinstance ofDespite the increased availability of petroleum-based alternatives0.80text
whale oil continued to be harvested well past the mid-20th centuryinstance ofDespite the increased availability of petroleum-based alternatives0.80text
although with the decline in commercial whaling its use has almost entirely ceased todayinstance ofDespite the increased availability of petroleum-based alternatives0.80text
the Inuit of North America are granted special whaling rightsinstance ofGroups0.80text
integral to their cultureinstance ofGroups0.80text
and they still use whale oil as a foodinstance ofGroups0.80text
as lamp oil in the ceremonial qulliqinstance ofGroups0.80text
Whale oilhas applicationThe0.60section
Whale oilrelated to ChemistryWhale0.60section
Whale oilrelated to ChemistryIt0.60section
Whale oilrelated to ChemistryWhen0.60section

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