Chapter XVII: Part I: , =Study of the Petroliferous Strata=--Chapters I.,

Petroleum--Definition.--II., The Genesis or Origin of Petroleum.--III., The Oil Fields of Galicia, their History.--IV.. Physical Geography and Geology of the Galician Oil Fields.--V.. Practical Notes on Galician Land Law--Economic Hints on Working, etc.--VI., Roumania--History, Geography, Geology. --VII., Petroleum in Russia--History.--VIII., Russian Petroleum (_continued_)--Geography and Geology of the Caucasian Oil Fields.--IX.. Russian Petroleum (_continued_).--X., The Secondary Oil Fields of Europe. Northern Germany, Alsace, Italy, etc.--XI., Petroleum in France.--XII., Petroleum in Asia--Transcaspian and Turkestan Territory--Turkestan--Persia--British India and Burmah--British Burmah or Lower Burmah--China--Chinese Thibet--Japan, Formosa and Saghalien.--XIII., Petroleum in Oceania--Sumatra. Java, Borneo--Isle of Timor--Philippine Isles--New Zealand.--XIV., The United States of America--History. --XV., Physical Geology and Geography of the United States Oil Fields.--XVI., Canadian and other North American Oil Fields.--XVII., Economic Data of Work in North America. --XVIII., Petroleum in the West Indies and South America.--XIX., Petroleum in the French Colonies.

Part II., =Excavations.=--Chapter XX., Hand Excavation or Hand Digging of Oil Wells. Part III., =Methods of Boring.=--Chapters XXI., Methods of Oil-well Drilling or Boring.--XXII., Boring Oil Wells with the Rope.--XXIII., Drilling with Rigid Rods and a Free-fall--Fabian System.--XXIV., Free-fall Drilling by Steam Power.--XXV., Oil-well Drilling by the Canadian System.--XXVI., Drilling Oil Wells on the Combined System.--XXVII., Comparison between the Combined Fauck System and the Canadian.--XXVIII., The American System of Drilling with the Rope.--XXIX., Hydraulic Boring with the Drill by Hand and Steam Power.--XXX., Rotary Drilling of Oil Wells, Bits, Steel-crowned Tools, Diamond Tools--Hand Power and Steam Power--Hydraulic Sand-pumping.--XXXI., Improvements in and different Systems of Drilling Oil Wells.

Part IV., =Accidents.=--Chapters XXXII., Boring Accidents--Methods of preventing them--Methods of remedying them.--XXXIII., Explosives and the use of the "Torpedo" Levigation.--XXXIV., Storing and Transport of Petroleum.--XXXV., General Advice--Prospecting, Management and carrying on of Petroleum Boring Operations.