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