{"product_id":"the-american-petroleum-industry-a-1920-snapshot-of-the-early-oil-age","title":"The American Petroleum Industry — A 1920 Snapshot of the Early Oil Age","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003ePublished just over 60 years after America's first commercial oil well, \u003cem\u003eThe American Petroleum Industry\u003c\/em\u003e captures petroleum science at a remarkable point in its development.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Raymond Foss Bacon and William Allen Hamor of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research, this enormous technical work attempted to document virtually the entire petroleum industry as it existed in the early 20th century—from the geological origins and distribution of petroleum to drilling, refining, chemistry, engineering, and industrial economics. Contemporary McGraw-Hill literature described the two-volume work as a comprehensive summary of then-current petroleum knowledge and practice. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume I alone includes sections on the geochemistry and geology of petroleum, the distribution of petroleum in the United States, oil-well technology, production, transportation, storage, and related subjects. The work quickly became a technical reference: a 1917 Kansas Geological Survey publication, for example, was already citing Bacon and Hamor's treatment of petroleum production. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eToday, the book is particularly interesting as a document of how scientists and engineers understood petroleum \u003cstrong\u003ebefore a century of fossil-fuel use revealed its enormous atmospheric and environmental consequences\u003c\/strong\u003e. It records the technical optimism of an era when petroleum was principally understood as an extraordinary geological resource and engineering problem rather than a major driver of global climate change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not the 1916 first printing. Although the title page bears the original 1916 publication date, the copyright page identifies this copy as the \u003cstrong\u003efifth printing, March 1920\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe American Petroleum Industry, Volume I.\u003c\/em\u003e Raymond Foss Bacon and William Allen Hamor. McGraw-Hill Book Company. First edition, fifth printing, March 1920. Red cloth hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fair antique condition. Significant wear and fraying to the cloth at the head and foot of the spine, edge and corner wear, and general age-related wear. Interior appears substantially better preserved, with expected toning. Volume I only. See photographs for exact condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stemcell Science Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54079968084079,"sku":"TH-5012","price":48.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0715\/2074\/7631\/files\/IMG_7433.jpg?v=1787268839","url":"https:\/\/secretstashspot.com\/products\/the-american-petroleum-industry-a-1920-snapshot-of-the-early-oil-age","provider":"SecretStashSpot ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}