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Scientists and swindlers : coal, oil, and scientific consulting in the American industrial revolution, 1830-1870 / Paul Lucier.

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Scientists and swindlers : coal, oil, and scientific consulting in the American industrial revolution, 1830-1870 / Paul Lucier.