Résultats des campagnes scientifiques. Albert 1er de Monaco. Fascicule LXVIII. Etude des huiles d'animaux marins provenant des campagnes scientifiques de S.A.S. le Prince Albert I de Monaco (1897-1913)

The oils produced by marine animals are very different in composition, as showed by the samples we studied. We have been lucky to find in some oils prepared on board yachts belonging to H.M. Prince Albert of Monaco, during his scientific cruises, some products which had never been studied and of very different compositions. Some, as we will see through this study, are liquid fats, whereas others are oils, sometimes consisting (in a large part) of a new hydrocarbon. We had isolated this latter in July 1914, but WWI interrupted our research. However, some notes published in the Oceanographic Institute Bulletin ensure the priority of some results.