Report on the production, technology, and uses of petroleum and its products . WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1885. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Letter of transmittal vii, viii Part I. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PETROLEUM, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS EMPLOYED LN THEPRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND SALE OF PETROLEUM IN THE UNITED STATES, AND STATISTICS OFTHE PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM IN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES DURING THE YEARENDING MAY 31, 1880. Chapter I.—History op the discovery of petroleum and the development of the petroleum industry 1-18 Section 1.—Historical
Report on the production, technology, and uses of petroleum and its products . WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1885. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Letter of transmittal vii, viii Part I. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF PETROLEUM, TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THE METHODS EMPLOYED LN THEPRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION, AND SALE OF PETROLEUM IN THE UNITED STATES, AND STATISTICS OFTHE PRODUCTION OF PETROLEUM IN THE UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES DURING THE YEARENDING MAY 31, 1880. Chapter I.—History op the discovery of petroleum and the development of the petroleum industry 1-18 Section 1.—Historical notice of bitumen prior to the year 1800 3-5 Section 2. —Historical notice of bitumen from the year 1800 to 1850 5-9 Section 3.—The rise of the paraffine-oil industry 9-10 —Section 4.—Historical notice from 1850 to the completion of Drakes well (August, 1859) 10,11 Section 5.—Historical notice of the petroleum industry in the United States since the completion of Drakes well (August, 1859) 11-14 Section 6.—Historical notice of the Russian petroleum industryreportonproducti00peck
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