petroleum oily flammable liquid that occurs naturally in deposits usually beneath the surface of the earth it is also called crude oil it consists principally of a mixture of hydrocarbons with traces of various nitrogenous and sulfurous compounds origin and natural occurrencet is believed that petroleum consists of the remains of these organisms but it is the small microscopic plankton organism remains that are largely responsible for the relatively high organic carbon content of fine grained sediments like the chattanooga shale which are the principle source rocks for petroleum
George and Martha Washington are buried at their Mount Vernon estate in Virginia. Their tomb was once visible from the Potomac but was moved farther up away from the river t â¦ o protect the grave site from flooding.  Mount Vernon, Virginia.o. An interesting detail about Washington's burial is that he specifically ordered that his body NOT be buried for at least 3 days after his death, for the exact reason that â¦ he, and many others at that time, was afraid of being buried alive.
A major landholder and promoter of western settlement, George Washington dies on this day in 1799 at his Mount Vernon home along the banks of the Potomac. From an early age, the future first president of the United States had a passionate interest in the vast unsettled territories of the West....