Early and Later History of Petroleum with Authentic Facts in Regard to
by HENRY, J. T
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HENRY, J. T. Early and Later History of Petroleum with Authentic Facts in Regard to Its Development in Western Pennsylvania. The Oil Fields of Europe and American. Gas Wells. Spiritual Wells. Oil Well Shafts. Petroleum Products. Oil Companies. Pipe Line Statistics. Early Modes of Transportation. Flowing Wells of 1861 to 1864. Pit Hole in 1865. The Lubricating Oil District, &c. Also, Statistics of Products Export, and Consumption, with Prices of Oil from 1859, to 1872, &c., &c. The Parkers' and Butler County Oil Fields. Also Life Sketches of Pioneer and Prominent Operators with the Refining Capacity of the United States. New York: Burt Franklin, [n.d.]. Facsimile of the 1873 ed. Two vols. in one. 607 pp. Frontis., portraits. Orig. cloth. Fine. "First comprehensive history of the infancy of this industry." HOWES H-421.
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- Early and Later History of Petroleum with Authentic Facts in Regard to
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- HENRY, J. T
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- OIL, INDUSTRY, HOWESX, BUSINESS, PAXX
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