łep

English translation: soil wax

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Polish term or phrase:łep
English translation:soil wax
Entered by: ELFontana

15:14 Aug 16, 2012
Polish to English translations [PRO]
Petroleum Eng/Sci
Polish term or phrase: łep
Początkowo prowadzili eksploatację ropy naftowej w płytkich, ręcznie kopanych szybach na głębokości 5-6 metrów, następnie kopali na głębokości 30-40 metrów, skąd wydobywali czysty ozokeryt (wosk ziemny) oraz skały tzw. „łep”.

(Z internetowego tekstu na temat historii miasta Borysław).
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soil wax
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soil wax


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Tu dosc przekonujące źródło: http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/drohobycz/dro171.html

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wax stone


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The latter, which is known as "wax-stone," is broken up to remove any lumps of rock and purified by extraction with boiling water - http://goo.gl/ifsDr

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and then the rock or shale having been eliminated by hand-picking, the " wax-stone " is boiled with water in large coppers, when the pure wax rises to the surface. - http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definitions/Minera...


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