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Title: Sketches in Crude-oilAuthor: John J. McLaurinRelease date: December 6, 2016 [eBook #53672]Most recently updated: October 23, 2024Language: EnglishCredits: Produced by KD Weeks, Chris Curnow and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive)
Title: Sketches in Crude-oil
Author: John J. McLaurin
Author: John J. McLaurin
Release date: December 6, 2016 [eBook #53672]Most recently updated: October 23, 2024
Language: English
Credits: Produced by KD Weeks, Chris Curnow and the OnlineDistributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (Thisfile was produced from images generously made availableby The Internet Archive)
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Transcriber’s Note:The positions of most illustrations have been adjusted slightly to fall on paragraph breaks. In most cases, any text included in the illustrations has been presented as a caption.Those images which are employed at the opening of each chapter sometimes incorporate the first character in the illustration itself, but sometimes simply give that character in a large font. Normally the latter have a caption. This version follows the appearance of the text as well as possible.The wide table that appeared on p. 25 of the original may require a change of font size in your reader in order to be completely rendered.Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’snoteat the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation.The cover image has been created, based on title page information, and is added to the public domain.
Transcriber’s Note:
Transcriber’s Note:
Transcriber’s Note:
The positions of most illustrations have been adjusted slightly to fall on paragraph breaks. In most cases, any text included in the illustrations has been presented as a caption.
Those images which are employed at the opening of each chapter sometimes incorporate the first character in the illustration itself, but sometimes simply give that character in a large font. Normally the latter have a caption. This version follows the appearance of the text as well as possible.
The wide table that appeared on p. 25 of the original may require a change of font size in your reader in order to be completely rendered.
The wide table that appeared on p. 25 of the original may require a change of font size in your reader in order to be completely rendered.
Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’snoteat the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation.
The cover image has been created, based on title page information, and is added to the public domain.
John J. McLaurin.
Sketches inrude-oil
SOME ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE PETROLEUMDEVELOPMENT IN ALL PARTS OFTHE GLOBEWITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
SOME ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE PETROLEUMDEVELOPMENT IN ALL PARTS OFTHE GLOBEWITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
SOME ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE PETROLEUM
DEVELOPMENT IN ALL PARTS OF
THE GLOBE
WITH PORTRAITS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
ByJOHN J. McLAURIN,Author of “A Brief History of Petroleum,” “The Story ofJohnstown,” Etc.
ByJOHN J. McLAURIN,Author of “A Brief History of Petroleum,” “The Story ofJohnstown,” Etc.
ByJOHN J. McLAURIN,
Author of “A Brief History of Petroleum,” “The Story of
Johnstown,” Etc.
“Write the vision * * * that he may run that readeth it.”—Habakkuk 11:2“I heard a song, a mighty song.”—Ibsen“Was it all a dream, some jugglery that daylight might expose?”—N. A. Lindsey“I will a round unvarnish’d tale deliver.”—Shakespeare
“Write the vision * * * that he may run that readeth it.”—Habakkuk 11:2“I heard a song, a mighty song.”—Ibsen“Was it all a dream, some jugglery that daylight might expose?”—N. A. Lindsey“I will a round unvarnish’d tale deliver.”—Shakespeare
“Write the vision * * * that he may run that readeth it.”—Habakkuk 11:2“I heard a song, a mighty song.”—Ibsen“Was it all a dream, some jugglery that daylight might expose?”—N. A. Lindsey“I will a round unvarnish’d tale deliver.”—Shakespeare
“Write the vision * * * that he may run that readeth it.”—Habakkuk 11:2
“I heard a song, a mighty song.”—Ibsen
“Was it all a dream, some jugglery that daylight might expose?”—N. A. Lindsey
“I will a round unvarnish’d tale deliver.”—Shakespeare
SECOND EDITION—REVISED AND ENLARGED
SECOND EDITION—REVISED AND ENLARGED
SECOND EDITION—REVISED AND ENLARGED
HARRISBURG, PA.PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR1898
HARRISBURG, PA.PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR1898
HARRISBURG, PA.
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR
1898
Copyrighted, 1896Copyrighted, 1898By JOHN J. McLAURIN
Copyrighted, 1896Copyrighted, 1898By JOHN J. McLAURIN
Copyrighted, 1896
Copyrighted, 1898
By JOHN J. McLAURIN
Dedication
Transcription
Transcription
Transcription
“He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney-corner.”—SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.
“What is writ is written, would it were better.”—SHAKESPEARE.