Author: JAMES AUGUSTUS ST. JOHN
Title: What are The Oil Wells ? A rare article from the Cornhill Magazine, 1862.
Description: The Cornhill Magazine, London, 1862. First Edition, Disbound. Very Good Condition. Written just three years after the first successful commercial drilling for oil in the USA, there was public and scientific interest in oil and petroleum, and whilst not a new discovery as such, industrial and commercial applications were being examined, leading this article to explain the benefits and hazards of the product. So little was understood that the writer speculates that on the river Thames or Mersey, if a single barrel of petroleum were ignited a conflagration of unparalleled fierceness and destructiveness might instantly rage... and communicating itself to docks, warehouses, and private habitations, so that half London or Liverpool might be reduced to ashes before the progress of the flames could be stayed. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 8 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Cornhill Magazine; Mini Catalogue 2020 April; Inventory No: 258010.

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