Oil Production Methods With a Chapter on Accounting Systems by W. F. and W. B. Sampson
San Francisco: Western Engineering Publishing Co., 1913. Hardcover. 239p., semi-coated paperstock throughout with b&w photos (machinery in situ, parts), diagrams (strata) and charts (accounting methods) with a fold-out; hardbound in red cloth boards gilt. Somewhat edgeworn with small frayed spots at corners and to top and tail of spine; spine lettering dim, rear hinge partly cracked, clean copy otherwise sound. Author Paine has inscribed and signed the front free endsheet.
Data deriving from "the oil industry on the Pacific coast.. from the statements of travelers [it would seem] that California practice embodies the most advanced methods in the industry." Now, for a good time, see p.205: "Rotary overshot with swinging dogs" mated with a
"Snow-Kidd rotary overshot" --will there be offspring?
Cat.No: 182683
Price: $25.00