Front matter
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The first oil well drilled near Titusville, Pa., on August 27, 1859, by Col. Edwin L. Drake, the pioneer man of the world
THE EVOLUTION of the OIL INDUSTRY
BY VICTOR ROSS
ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
GARDEN CITYNEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1920
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
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