As Sandburg said at the time: `` It is as ancient as the medieval European ballads brought to the Appalachian Mountains, it is as modern as skyscrapers, the Volstead Act, and the latest oil well gusher ''.

Now, the machine has been improved to a point where it is generally more economical than oil heat at temperatures down to 15 degrees.

Its oil for heating is metered monthly to each home from a line that starts at a central storage point.

The amount paid by the oil company to Tri-State for the use of its oil distribution system and the privilege of supplying all the homes, is subject to negotiation but naturally must be profitable to both parties.

For this first development the supplier signing the lease is a major oil company but in turn the deal is being transferred for operation to its local fueloil distributor.

There must be a restriction in the deed to provide that the customer may not be charged more than the current market price for the oil, an obvious precaution, since the account is permanently wedded, just like with gas or electricity.

Ritter, the builder, is convinced that the total cost of all the heating systems plus the oil distribution system is no greater than would be gas heating systems in the houses plus their lines and meters.

Of course, if you want to throw all caution to the winds and rent an Imperial or Cadillac limousine just for you and your bride, you'll have a memorable tour, but it won't be cheap, and it is not recommended unless you own a producing oil well or you've had a winner in the Irish Sweepstakes.

Related to micelle formation is the technologically important ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil - water interfaces in such a manner that the polar ( or ionized ) end of the molecule is directed towards the aqueous phase and the hydrocarbon chain towards the oily phase.

Whereas the usual organic surface-active agent is strongly sorbed at oil - water interfaces, the highly charged ions are most strongly sorbed at interfaces between water and insoluble materials exhibiting an ionic structure ( see Table 26-2 on p. 1678 ).

( It makes no real difference that Braque's collage is on paper and eked out in charcoal, while Picasso's is on canvas and eked out in oil.

It was because of this chain-reaction as much as for any other reason -- that is, because of the growing independence of the planar unit in collage as a shape -- that the identity of depicted objects, or at least parts of them, re-emerged in Braque's and Picasso's papiers colles and continued to remain more conspicuous there -- but only as flattened silhouettes -- than in any of their paintings done wholly in oil before the end of 1913.

This brown is sometimes so rich in medium as to appear to be oil paint.

The medical device pirate of today, of course, is a far more sophisticated operator than his predecessor of yesteryear -- the gallus-snapping hawker of snake oil and other patent medicines.

In the United States, where half of the world crop is grown, soybeans are processed for their edible oil.

This nondrying oil, however, is now more in demand than ever before as a fine lubricant, as a constituent of fluids for hydraulically operated equipment, and as a source of chemicals to make plastics.

The Belgians were interested primarily in the economic development of the Congo, which is rich in copper, tin, cobalt, manganese, zinc, and uranium, and cotton and palm oil.

And most of all it is not having the only man you could love, whether he drives a bread truck or delivers the mail or checks the berry crates down at the sheds, or owns seventeen oil wells and six diamond mines, for if you are anybody what he is or does makes no difference if he is the one.

Later the doctor used mineral oil on the burns.

Another remedy was oil of eucalyptus, used as well for chilblains.

They are used mainly for their oil.

Almond oil, another nondrying oil, was once used extensively in perfumery to extract flower fragrances.

Sizable amounts of soybean, coconut, and palm kernel oil -- seed oils that are produced primarily for food purposes -- also are used to make soaps, detergents, and paint resins.

Whale was hunted by American Indians off the Northwest coast, especially by the Makah, and used for their meat and oil.

Other names used in the West include the unction or blessing of consecrated oil, the unction of God, and the office of the unction.

Other names are also used, such as ἅγιον ἔλαιον ( holy oil ), ἡγιασμένον ἔλαιον ( consecrated oil ), and χρῖσις or χρῖσμα ( anointing ).

In the Churches mentioned here by name, the oil used ( called " oil of the sick " in both West and East ) is blessed specifically for this purpose.

The duly blessed oil used in the sacrament is, as laid down in the Apostolic Constitution Sacram unctionem infirmorum, pressed from olives or from other plants.

Bay oil, or oil of bays ( oleum lauri ) is used in liniments for bruises and sprains.

They are used as an insoluble heavy additive to oil well drilling fluid, and in purer form, as X-ray radiocontrast agents for imaging the human gastrointestinal tract.

It consists of thick leather, boiled in water ( some sources hold that oil and wax were used as well ; others posit the use of ammonia from fermented animal urine ).

The term bean usually excludes crops used mainly for oil extraction ( such as soybeans and peanuts ), as well as those used exclusively for sowing purposes ( such as clover and alfalfa ).

* Benchmark ( crude oil ), used in pricing crude oil

Crude oil is used by the petrochemical industry to produce, amongst other things, gasoline and kerosene, through a distillation process, in refineries.

Wood, coal and oil are used as fuel for production of energy and space heating.

Carbon black is used as the black pigment in printing ink, artist's oil paint and water colours, carbon paper, automotive finishes, India ink and laser printer toner.

* Roller cone bit, a drill bit used for drilling through rock, for example when drilling for oil and gas

In the New Testament Epistle of James, the faithful are told that to be healed, those who are sick should call upon the elders of the church to pray over and anoint with oil in the name of the Lord.

These faithful followers of Jesus stood at Golgotha during the Crucifixion of Jesus and later came to his tomb early on the morning following the Sabbath with myrrh ( expensive oil ), according to the Jewish tradition, to anoint their Lord's body.

Olive oil has long been considered sacred ; it was used to anoint kings and athletes in ancient Greece.

The sick person expresses his or her faith by calling for the elders of the church who pray over and anoint the sick with olive oil.

To anoint is to pour or smear with perfumed oil, milk, water, melted butter or other substances, a process employed ritually by many religions.

The expression, " anoint the shield " (), refers to the custom of rubbing oil on the leather of the shield so as to make it supple and fit for use in war.

It was the custom of the Jews in like manner to anoint themselves with oil, as a means of refreshing or invigorating their bodies (;, etc .).

To further enhance its mystique, a legend eventually sprang up that a vial of oil — the Holy Ampulla -- descended from Heaven to anoint and sanctify Clovis as King.

Thus they ordered the collection of the spices which were used to anoint Christ's body, and they were mixed with oil, forming, according to Coptic tradition, the first chrism, or " myron ", which, according to tradition, was brough to Egypt by St Mark.

Some versions of the legend enhance the mystique of royalty by describing a vial of oil sent from heaven to anoint and sanctify Clovis at his coronation, perhaps brought by a dove to Saint Remigius.

; Bowels: " To remedy the bowels: Melilot, 1 ; dates, 1 ; cook in oil ; anoint sick part.

The Hebrew Bible possibly mentions cannabis in Exodus 30: 23 where God commands Moses to make a holy oil of myrrh, cinnamon, qěnēh bośem and cassia to anoint the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle ( and thus God's Temple in Jerusalem ).

Notably, the specific anointing oil in question, is a special herbal formula that functions as a kind of polish and fragrance for the Ark and Tabernacle, and the Bible forbids its manufacture and use to anoint people ( Exodus 30: 31-33 )

Greek or, later " ointment, unguent, anointment " besides " oil, oil flask " and " fit to be anointed ", in LXX and NT " the anointed, Messiah ", " Christ ", is from a verb, ( long, later also short ; aorist, perfect ), " smear, anoint, rub or daub with oil or grease ".

* Example: ( James 5: 13-16 ) The sick were instructed to call for the elders of the church to anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord and to pray the prayer of faith on their behalf.

* Holy anointing oil, a perfume used to anoint the vessels of the Jewish Tabernacle

During the procession a chant ( also called eiresione ) was sung, the text of which has been preserved in Plutarch ( Theseus, 22 ): " Eiresin carries figs and rich cakes ; Honey and oil in a jar to anoint the limbs ; And pure wine, that she may be drunken and go to sleep ".

Similarly, " you anoint my head with oil " may refer to an ancient form of backliner — the oil is poured on wounds, and repels flies.

According to his account, the holy apostles took from the spices that were used to anoint the body of our Lord Jesus Christ when he was buried, added pure olive oil to it, and prayed over it in Upper Zion, the first church where the Holy Spirit fell in the upper room.