Studies in Early Petroleum History |
Contents
EYRINIS DEYRINIS AND THE BITUMEN INDUSTRY | 13 |
EARLY SPECULATIONS ON THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF PETROLEUM | 28 |
THE OILSEEPAGES OF HANOVER AND THE FIRST OILWELLS | 46 |
THE OIL OF ST QUIRINUS AND THE BLOOD OF THYRSUS DIRSCHOEL | 58 |
OIL FROM THE ALSACE REGION PECHELBRONN AND LOBSANN | 70 |
THE OIL OF ST CATHERINE MODENA | 83 |
ADVERTIZING THE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES OF PETROLEUM | 98 |
JOYFUL NEWES OUT OF THE NEWFOUND WORLDE | 141 |
EX ORIENTE BITUMEN | 149 |
LAMPOIL FROM STONES | 182 |
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