WHA010846 - Kicking-down' a well. The spring-pawl method of sinking a oil well, using a drilling bit suspended on a rope. Engraving from Les Merveilles de la Science by Louis Figuier (Paris, c1870). Fuel. Hydrocarbon. Boring.
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