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WHEN sailing from Posilipo to Sorrento on August 31 last, at about four or five miles from the nearest land of the Sorrentine Peninsula we encountered a most unmistakable smell of petroleum, just as if a leaking petroleum tank steamer had crossed our bows a few moments previously. Two tracks of the smell were distinctly noticeable, the one at lat. 40° 41′ 30″, long. 14° 19′, and the other at lat. 40° 42′, long. 14° 18′ 30″. A moderate furano or southerly wind was blowing at the time, so that in all probability the source of the petroleum was somewhat to the south of the position given.
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GÜNTHER, R. A Possible New Petroleum Field Near Naples. Nature 65, 152 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/065152b0
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