A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War by Keith Fisher

A Pipeline Runs Through It: The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War

Keith Fisher

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nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
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Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. A Pi...

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