Drilling for Dollars: The Making of US Petroleum Reserve Estimates, 1921-25

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1985, Pages 241-265

  Dennis, Michael Aaron ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84972714381     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030631285015002002     Document Type: Article

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