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GESNER, ABRAHAM. A Practical Treatise on Coal, Petroleum, and Other Distilled Oils. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. By Dr. George Weltden Gesner. New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1865. 8vo. 181 pp. Lithographic frontispiece of the Wells on Oil Creek, Pennsylvania, plus text woo. Orig. cloth, some splits in outer spine. Very good. $750.00
Sabin 27224. Swanson, A Century of Oil and Gas in Books, p. 104-5: "Book is a practical handbook covering distillation of oils from coals and other bituminous substances, testing and treating; contains a list of refineries. 2nd Ed. by son of Dr. Gesner contains much information on new Pennsylvania petroleum industry."