Scientists & Swindlers: Consulting on Coal and Oil in America, 1820-1890 (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology)

Scientists and Swindlers Explains how science became an integral part of American technology and industry in the nineteenth century. This title introduces us to a service of professionals: the consulting scientists. It follows these entrepreneurial men of science on their wide-ranging commercial engagements from the shores of Nova Scotia to the coast of California. Full description