Book ID: CBB000951111

Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820--1890 (2008)

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Lucier, Paul (Author)


Johns Hopkins University Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xiii + 426 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Hinton, Diana Davids (2009) Review of "Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820--1890". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 321). unapi

Review Spanagel, David (2010) Review of "Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820--1890". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 241). unapi

Review Black, Brian (2009) Review of "Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820--1890". Chemical Heritage (p. 45). unapi

Review Tweedale, Geoffrey (2011) Review of "Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820--1890". Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry (p. 88). unapi

Review Castaneda, Christopher J. (2010) Review of "Scientists and Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820--1890". Technology and Culture (p. 743). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Brice, William R.
Tenca, Andrea
Daniel Francis Zizzamia
Zanoni, Elena
Reidy, Michael
Madureira, Nuno Luís
Concepts
Oil; natural gas
Geology
Petroleum industry
Earth sciences
Coal and coal mining
Science and industry
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Italy
Middle and Near East
South America
Russia
Great Plains (North America)
Institutions
Solvay Conferences
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