James Cook (1728-1779) Famous For: Discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. An English captain who circumnavigated around the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. He made contact with the inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands, Australia, New Zealand, and around the Indian Ocean back to the Atlantic. He died while serving the Crown in Hawaii.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection [DEP] relies on laboratory tests called EPH [Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons] and VPH [Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons] to test for the presence of gasoline or fuel oil in drinking water.
Abstract. Hydrocarbons are compounds that are composed solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Saturated, unsaturated, and aromatic hydrocarbons are the three principal classes of naturally occurring hydrocarbons.These classes differ in their chemical and metabolic* activities and relative abundances in organisms and sedimentary deposits.bstract. Hydrocarbons are compounds that are composed solely of carbon and hydrogen atoms. Saturated, unsaturated, and aromatic hydrocarbons are the three principal classes of naturally occurring hydrocarbons.