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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Petroleum Zones of Italy America from this precious material, and the almost fabulous fortunes made by private individuals thereby in an incredibly short Space of time, I have been led to believe most sincerely that the like splendid results would be obtained in Italy, were it possible to induce either the Italians themselves or foreign capitalists to engage in an enterprise which offers such fair hopes of a successful issue. I have explored the Petroleum zones in that stretch of country which extends from the south of Milan to the south of Bologna, and along the confines of Modena commencing at Pavullo, and in several places I have detected the undoubted presence of Petroleum; and in those spots more particularly described in this work, the indications are very strong. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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