Petrolia : a brief history of the Pennsylvania petroleum region, its development, growth, resources, etc., from 1859 to 1869 / by Andrew Cone and Walter R. Johns ; edited by Walter R. Johns.
| Author/creator | Cone, Andrew |
| Other author | Johns, Walter R. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : D. Appleton and Co., 1870. |
| Description | 1 online resource (652 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 12 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations. |
| Supplemental Content | http://find.galegroup.com/openurl/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&res_id=info:sid/gale:MOME&ctx_enc=info:ofi:enc:UTF-8&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:unknown&rft.artnum=U112927177&req_dat=info:sid/gale:ugnid:ncliveecu |
| Subjects |
| Series | The making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914) Making of the modern world. Part 2 (1851-1914) UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Petroleum, its history ancient and modern -- Early history of t he Pennsylvania petroleum region -- Dawning of the era of artificial light -- Commencement and growth of the petroleum development -- Geology and physical features of the petroleum region -- Transportation, early and later modes of -- Method of petroleum development, boring oil wells -- Obstacles met with in boring oil wells, and how overcome -- Pumping and flowing -- Various phenomena of the oil wells -- Theories of the origin of petroleum -- Social characteristics of the people of the petroleum region -- Oil farms of the petroleum region -- Flood, fire, and financial disaster -- General description of coal, bituminous clays, bitumen, petroleum : table of volatile matter, coke, crude oil from coals, etc. -- The principal cities and towns of the petroleum region -- Method of refining and the refining interest -- General results of the petroleum development, statistical, etc. |
| General note | Reproduction from the The Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature, Senate House Library, University of London. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Learning, 2011. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |