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THE petroleum industry in America has been initiated and developed practically within the last thirty years; yet it is to-day there regarded as one of the most important industries. Not only is about eighty per cent of the rated horse-power of that country generated by oil and its products, but in addition the petroleum industry is one of the largest purchasers of steel, iron and motor-vehicles, etc. At the same time it is the second largest customer of shipyards, which supply the necessary tank ships for transport.
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Petroleum Research. Nature 137, 878 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/137878b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/137878b0