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Autore |
Lucier Paul <1962-> |
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Scientists and swindlers : consulting on coal and oil in America, 1820-1890 / / Paul Lucier |
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Baltimore, Maryland : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2008 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (443 pages) : map |
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Collana |
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Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science and industry - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History - 19th century |
Petroleum industry and trade - United States - History - 19th century |
Petroleum industry and trade - Canada - History - 19th century |
Coal trade - United States - History - 19th century |
Coal trade - Canada - History - 19th century |
Science and law - United States - History - 19th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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