Coal oil Wikipedia
Cannel coal of the Pennsylvanian subperiod from NE Ohio used to produce coal oil. Coal oil is a shale oil obtained from the destructive distillation of cannel coal, mineral wax, or bituminous shale, once used widely for illumination.. Chemically similar to the more refined, petroleumderived kerosene, it consists mainly of several hydrocarbons of the alkane series, with 10 to 16 carbon atoms ...