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Grinding and pressing crude spermaceti for removal of taut-pressed oil

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Grinding and pressing crude spermaceti for removal of taut-pressed oil.Interior view of oil refinery. Filling bottles with sperm oil.In: Aquatic Products in Arts and Industries by Charles H. Stevenson. Reportof the Commissioner for the Year Ending June 30, 1902. P. 200, Plate 14.

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Historic Fisheries

Keywords

Fisheries

Whale Fishery

Historical