What does petrolæum mean?

petrolæum

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Archaic; Uncountable

"The foreign bituminous waters are, the Lacus Aſphaltites in Judea, a ſpring of petrolæum in the palatinate of Cracow in Poland, a ſpring of petrolæum in Tranſylvania, ſome hot ſprings of petrolæum in the kingdom of Naples, ſeveral ſprings of petrolæum in the duchy of Modena, the deſcription of which is chiefly from Rammazini."

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