Format:
XIII, 426 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
ISBN:
0801890039
,
9780801890031
Series Statement:
Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology
Note:
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
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Lucier, Paul, 1962 - Scientists and Swindlers Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010 ISBN 9781421402857
Language:
English
Subjects:
Engineering
Keywords:
USA
;
Gaswirtschaft
;
Erdölindustrie
;
Wissenschaft
;
Geschichte 1800-1900