Tabak, John

Coal and oil [electronic resource] / John Tabak - New York : Facts on File, c2009 - 1 online resource (xvi, 208 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.), col. map - Energy and the environment . - Energy and the environment (Facts on File) .

Description based on print version record

Includes bibliographical references and index

pt. 1. Coal -- pt. 2. Oil

Describes the history and technology of mining for coal and drilling for oil and also the processing of coal and the refining of oil, as methods by which these primary energy sources are converted into usable working energy


Mode of access: Internet

9781438116839 (electronic book)


Coal
Petroleum as fuel
Fossil fuels