title: Purifying Oils creator: McAfee, Almer M. publisher: United States. Patent Office. date: 1918-08-27 language: English description: Patent that converts low grade petroleum into higher grade petroleum. The process warms aluminum chlorid with petroleum material in a nonviolent way to make a purifying oil. subject: Inventions subject: Science and Technology subject: Science and Technology - Geology subject: Science and Technology - Biology subject: petroleum subject: lubricating oils coverage: United States - Texas - Jefferson County - Port Arthur rights: Public Domain type: Patent format: 1 sheet, 7 p. ; 23 cm. format: Text identifier: pat-no: 1277329 identifier: govno: 02/224038 identifier: https://texashistory.unt.edu./ark:/67531/metapth1257804/ identifier: ark: ark:/67531/metapth1257804