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Scientists and swindlers : consulting on coal and oil in America, 1820-1890 / Paul Lucier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lucier, Paul, 1962- author.
- Series:
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.
- Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science and industry--Moral and ethical aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Science and industry.
- Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History--19th century.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Petroleum industry and trade--Canada--History--19th century.
- Coal trade--United States--History--19th century.
- Coal trade.
- Coal trade--Canada--History--19th century.
- Science and law--United States--History--19th century.
- Science and law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (443 pages) : map.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This sweeping narrative enriches our understanding of how the rocks beneath our feet became invaluable resources for science, technology, and industry.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0285-8
- OCLC:
- 612809998
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