Whale oil (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Whale oil" in English language version.

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Dieterichs, Emil F. (1916). "Whale and Train Oils". A practical treatise on friction, lubrication, fats and oils, including the manufacture of lubricating oils, leather oils, paint oils, solid lubricants and greases, modes of testing oils, and the application of lubricants. Henry Carey Baird. p. 23.
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Tønnessen, Johan Nicolay; Johnsen, Arne Odd (January 1, 1982). The History of Modern Whaling. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03973-5.
Webb, Robert Lloyd (November 1, 2011). "5. Warring On Whales". On the Northwest: Commercial Whaling in the Pacific Northwest, 1790-1967. University of British Columbia Press. p. 144. ISBN 9780774843157.
Chakrabarty, Moninder Mohan (November 9, 2003). Chemistry And Technology Of Oils And Fats. Allied Publishers. p. 183. ISBN 9788177644951.
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Heflin, Wilson (April 12, 2004). Herman Melville's Whaling Years. Vanderbilt University Press. p. 232. ISBN 9780826591449.

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Column: Markets and consumers, not president, control oil's future

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York, Richard (December 2017). "Why Petroleum Did Not Save the Whales". Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 3 (1). doi:10.1177/2378023117739217. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
Rice, Dale W. (2009). "Spermaceti". Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals (Second ed.). pp. 1098–1099. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00250-9. ISBN 9780123735539.
Bottino, Nestor R. (1971). "The composition of marine-oil triglycerides as determined by silver ion-thin-layer chromatography". Journal of Lipid Research. 12 (1): 24–30. doi:10.1016/S0022-2275(20)39542-0. PMID 5542701.

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Friedrich, Ratzel. "The Races of Oceania – Labour, Dwellings and Food in Oceania – Similarities and coincidences in labour and implements of labour, Food". inquirewithin.biz. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

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"Commercial Whaling". International Whaling Commission. Retrieved January 5, 2025.

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Bottino, Nestor R. (1971). "The composition of marine-oil triglycerides as determined by silver ion-thin-layer chromatography". Journal of Lipid Research. 12 (1): 24–30. doi:10.1016/S0022-2275(20)39542-0. PMID 5542701.

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Bottino, Nestor R. (1971). "The composition of marine-oil triglycerides as determined by silver ion-thin-layer chromatography". Journal of Lipid Research. 12 (1): 24–30. doi:10.1016/S0022-2275(20)39542-0. PMID 5542701.

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Ritchie, Hannah. "Global whaling peaked in the 1960s". Our World in Data. Retrieved January 3, 2025.

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"The "Whale Oil Myth"". PBS NewsHour. August 20, 2008.

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"Understanding the Whale Oil Myth and the Rise of Petroleum". Petroleum Service Company. Retrieved March 27, 2021.

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York, Richard (December 2017). "Why Petroleum Did Not Save the Whales". Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. 3 (1). doi:10.1177/2378023117739217. Retrieved January 3, 2025.

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"Inuit and Marine Mammals". Retrieved October 30, 2021.

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Gorman, Martyn (2002). "Whale oil and margarine". Scran. Historic Environment Scotland. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020.

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Beyer, Greg (February 2023). "Blubber & Oil: Whaling and Its Role in the Industrial Revolution". The Collector. Retrieved January 5, 2025.

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Ed Butts (October 4, 2019). "The cautionary tale of whale oil". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on October 6, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019. Then in 1846, a Nova Scotian physician and geologist named Abraham Gesner invented kerosene. This pioneering form of fossil fuel, which some called coal oil, burned cleaner and brighter than whale oil, and didn't have a pungent odour.

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"The Bowhead Whale – An Inuit Tradition". Retrieved October 30, 2021.

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"The spoils of oils". September 15, 2017. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

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"Reinventing the Whale" (PDF). WDCS: Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2012.

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Ed Butts (October 4, 2019). "The cautionary tale of whale oil". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on October 6, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019. Then in 1846, a Nova Scotian physician and geologist named Abraham Gesner invented kerosene. This pioneering form of fossil fuel, which some called coal oil, burned cleaner and brighter than whale oil, and didn't have a pungent odour.
"Reinventing the Whale" (PDF). WDCS: Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. May 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 1, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
Gorman, Martyn (2002). "Whale oil and margarine". Scran. Historic Environment Scotland. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020.
"The harsh history behind the internet's favorite sea shanty". Mashable. January 20, 2021. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
"The spoils of oils". September 15, 2017. Archived from the original on September 27, 2017. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
Friedrich, Ratzel. "The Races of Oceania – Labour, Dwellings and Food in Oceania – Similarities and coincidences in labour and implements of labour, Food". inquirewithin.biz. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2018.

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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Whale-oil". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 573–574.