Scientists & swindlers : consulting on coal and oil in America, 1820-1890

Scientists & swindlers : consulting on coal and oil in America, 1820-1890 / Paul Lucier.

Author/creator	Lucier, Paul, 1962-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
Description	xiii, 426 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Subject(s)	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.

Variant title	Scientists and swindlers
Series	Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology Johns Hopkins studies in the history of technology (Unnumbered) ^A632122
Contents	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-395) and index.
LCCN	2008006551
ISBN	9780801890031 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0801890039 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	Q 127.U6 L83 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold