Shell Union Oil Corporation

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Shell Union Oil Corporation,  Let's Collect Rocks and Shells

“ Well, because this is a hobby and science that spans the world. Englishmen, Frenchmen, Greeks and Indians all have their own local names for shells. But scientists everywhere give things in nature Latin names. Shells of the same sort carry the same Latin label on every beach in every sea. Much of the fascination of shell collecting is learning these names and how they were derived. . . for shells have been named for almost everything. We can't catalog 100,000 species here, but let's call off the names of a few of the interesting specimens you might come across. ”
Source: Gutenberg

Shell Union Oil Corporation,  Let's Collect Rocks and Shells

“ Even the company's industrial lubricants are named for shells because shells have the same scientific names everywhere in the world.
For an oil company, rocks have a special interest. Crude oil is found not in underground lakes or pools but in the tiny spaces between grains of sand or in the pores of rocks. Only certain types of rock formations are favorable to the accumulation of oil. Thus, oilmen need to know everything they can about the right kind of rocks.
Shell has scientists who work with rocks all day and laboratories filled with rock, mineral and crystal specimens.
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Source: Gutenberg

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