Search Results - "Petroleum"

Finding oil the nature of petroleum geology, 1859-1920 / by Frehner, Brian

Subjects: “…Petroleum industry and trade United States History 19th century.…”
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Scientists and swindlers : consulting on coal and oil in America, 1820-1890 / by Lucier, Paul, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Coal -- Geological enterprise -- The strange case of the Albert mineral -- The American sciences of coal -- Mining science -- Kerosene -- The technological science of kerosene -- The kerosene cases -- Petroleum -- The rock oil report -- The elusive nature of oil and its markets -- The search for oil and oil-finding experts -- California crude -- Americanization of science.…”
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