Scientists and Swindlers : Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890.
Lucier, Paul.
Scientists and Swindlers : Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (443 pages) - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series . - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Money for Science -- PART 1 COAL -- Chapter 1 Geological Enterprise -- Chapter 2 The Strange Case of the Albert Mineral -- Chapter 3 The American Sciences of Coal -- Chapter 4 Mining Science -- PART 2 KEROSENE -- Chapter 5 The Technological Science of Kerosene -- Chapter 6 The Kerosene Cases -- PART 3 PETROLEUM -- Chapter 7 The Rock Oil Report -- Chapter 8 The Elusive Nature of Oil and Its Markets -- Chapter 9 The Search for Oil and Oil-Finding Experts -- Chapter 10 California Crude -- Epilogue: Americanization of Science -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
This sweeping narrative enriches our understanding of how the rocks beneath our feet became invaluable resources for science, technology, and industry.
9781421402857
Science and law - United States - History - 19th century.
Electronic books.
Q127.U6L83 2008
509.73/09034
Scientists and Swindlers : Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (443 pages) - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series . - Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology Series .
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Money for Science -- PART 1 COAL -- Chapter 1 Geological Enterprise -- Chapter 2 The Strange Case of the Albert Mineral -- Chapter 3 The American Sciences of Coal -- Chapter 4 Mining Science -- PART 2 KEROSENE -- Chapter 5 The Technological Science of Kerosene -- Chapter 6 The Kerosene Cases -- PART 3 PETROLEUM -- Chapter 7 The Rock Oil Report -- Chapter 8 The Elusive Nature of Oil and Its Markets -- Chapter 9 The Search for Oil and Oil-Finding Experts -- Chapter 10 California Crude -- Epilogue: Americanization of Science -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
This sweeping narrative enriches our understanding of how the rocks beneath our feet became invaluable resources for science, technology, and industry.
9781421402857
Science and law - United States - History - 19th century.
Electronic books.
Q127.U6L83 2008
509.73/09034