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A Whale-Oiled Machine
99% Invisible
The Dark Art of Lubrication
Nicole DiAmbrogio is director of manufacturing at a company that, to this day, is still called Nye lubricants. Getting these molecules of oil, of lubricant, to not break down when they're smushed is a dark art. With their supply of raw material gone, the company decided, we'll just make our own.
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