02696nam 2200649 450 991080833270332120230124191542.01-4214-0285-8(CKB)3240000000068934(SSID)ssj0000607679(PQKBManifestationID)11444965(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607679(PQKBWorkID)10591741(PQKB)10508771(MiAaPQ)EBC4398431(OCoLC)612809998(MdBmJHUP)muse2837(Au-PeEL)EBL4398431(CaPaEBR)ebr11161148(OCoLC)941695900(EXLCZ)99324000000006893420080211d2008 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrScientists and swindlers consulting on coal and oil in America, 1820-1890 /Paul LucierBaltimore, Maryland :Johns Hopkins University Press,2008.1 online resource (443 pages) mapJohns Hopkins studies in the history of technologyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8018-9003-9 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.Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology.Science and industryMoral and ethical aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPetroleum industry and tradeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPetroleum industry and tradeCanadaHistory19th centuryCoal tradeUnited StatesHistory19th centuryCoal tradeCanadaHistory19th centuryScience and lawUnited StatesHistory19th centuryScience and industryMoral and ethical aspectsHistoryPetroleum industry and tradeHistoryPetroleum industry and tradeHistoryCoal tradeHistoryCoal tradeHistoryScience and lawHistory509.73/09034Lucier Paul1962-1654319MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808332703321Scientists and swindlers4006066UNINA