Scientists and swindlers : consulting on coal and oil in America, 1820-1890 / Paul Lucier.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technologyPublisher: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (443 pages) : mapContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781421402857 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Scientists and swindlers : consulting on coal and oil in America, 1820-1890.DDC classification:
  • 509.73/09034 22
LOC classification:
  • Q127.U6 L83 2008eb
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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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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