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History of the Chicago artesian well

a demonstration of the truth of the spiritual philosophy, with an essay on the origin and uses of petroleum

by George Adam Shufeldt & publisher Religio-Philosophical Publishing Association

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Edition statement from wrapper Edition note inserted preceding title page: This edition ... contains an account of the ... second well The Chicago artesian well -- Of the origin of petroleum -- Boring the second well -- A few remarks on the practical part of well boring -- The philosophy and geology of under ground streams -- Concerning spiritualism Advertisements on p. [2]-[4] of wrappers

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling.

  • Spiritualism, mediumship, and channeling

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Spiritualism”. Retained metadata contains “Spiritualism” in the description and “Spiritualism” in the subject metadata.

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    • “Spiritualism”· via Open Library
    • “Spiritualism”· in description
    • “Spiritualism”· in subject

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Editions

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a demonstration of the truth of the spiritual philosophy, with an essay on the origin and uses of petroleum

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1866-01-01T00:00:00ZChicago : Religio-Philosophical Publishing AssociationEnglish—Public digitized item

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Digitization sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana
  • Open Library reports 1 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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openlibrary-work:OL16289658W
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