It takes the average reader 2 hours and 55 minutes to read The First Pictorial History of the American Oil and Gas Industry, 1859-1983 by Ruth Sheldon Knowles
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No event in history changed the way people live as dramatically as has the development of the American oil & gas industry. Knowles has brought alive in pictures & anecdotal text, the whole colorful pageant of the industry's development, dating from the world's first commercial oil well in Pennsylvania in 1859 which launched the kerosene lighting, automobile & aviation ages. Here are the pictures & stories of the men who dared to gamble, the fantastic discoveries, & the scientific development of the art of geology & geophysics to discover giant oil fields onshore & offshore. An extraordinary capsule history, in pictures & text.
The First Pictorial History of the American Oil and Gas Industry, 1859-1983 by Ruth Sheldon Knowles is 169 pages long, and a total of 43,771 words.
This makes it 57% the length of the average book. It also has 53% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 59 minutes to read The First Pictorial History of the American Oil and Gas Industry, 1859-1983 aloud.
The First Pictorial History of the American Oil and Gas Industry, 1859-1983 is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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