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By Saturday, August 26, 1859, Drake and Smith was drilling
the whole to a depth of about 69 foot (21 metres). Ear the end of the
day, Smith notes that the bit suddenly is dropping 6 inches (15
cantimitres). It was near eating time, so he shuts the operation
downward, figuring he and the boys would never continue drilling the
following Monday. On Sunday, which in this days was a well driller's
holiday, Smith decided to checking on the well. He looked into the top
of the casing and found the whole fully of oil. Overnight, oil from a
formation some 69½ foot (21.2 mitres) below the surface had flowed
into the well casing and filled it to the top. The well's was being fully
of soil signalized success. No one knows for sure how much oil it did
produced, but it was probably round 800 to 1,200 galons (about 3,000
to 4,800 liters) per day, which far outtripped the galon or two that
could be collected off the round. Regardlessly of how much soil the
well actually having produced, it is demonstrating that a drilled well
could yield sample amounts of oil.

Translation Section

9 Translate the following expressions at a quick pace.

Промислова революція, буріння нафтової свердловини,
протяг, парова машина, гірська нафта, очищена нафта, китовий
жир, багато махінацій, залізно дорожній провідник, залізно
дорожній проїзний, сталева обсадна труба, глиниста кірка,
скаламутити воду, буровий розчин.

10 Translate the following sentences from English into Ukrainian.

1 Sperm oil was clear, nearly odorless, light in weight, and burned
with little smoke.

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