Modern business geography

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Identifikator:: 1830562916

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-217337

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Author:: Huntington, Ellsworth http://d-nb.info/gnd/117070092; Cushing, Sumner W.

Title:: Modern business geography

Place of publication:: New York [usw.]

Publisher:: World Book Company

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: VIII, 352 S.; Ill., graph. Darst.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Part one. The field of primary production

Collection:: Economics Books

The Fuel Products 1391 - De The lank steamer. The oil which is pumped to the Gulf of Mexico is carried away in steamers built especially for this purpose. Name two companies that own most of these ** tankers.” Why does it cost much less to load one of the tank boats than to load an ordinary cargo boat? Explain why you would (or would not) expect to see many tankers pass- ing through the Panama Canal. In which direction would most of them be carrying oil The tank car. Before pipe lines were extensively used, — and even to- day where the demand for oil is not sufficiently heavy to pay for their installment, — a special type of railroad car carried the oil. On the map showing the pipe lines, name ten large cities that depend on the tank car to supply their petroleum. Decide whether it is better for each of these cities to get its supply from some city on a pipe-line route or from some port at which tank steamers call. The tank aulomobile. Tt was an easy task to adapt the motor truck to the special purpose of carrying oil. What advantages has a motor tank over the other methods of transporting petroleum ? H. Natural gas. 1 Usually when a reservoir of oil beneath the earth’s surface is tapped by man, great quantities of natural gas rush out. No other resource has been so recklessly wasted as this rich and cheap natural fuel. The daily loss in the United States is estimated to have been equal to the heating value of one million bushels of coal. Since there are about 26 bushels in one short ton, approximately how many tons of coal have been wasted yearly? UNITED ST: om MAIN PIT kfm Fig. 10- “his map shows only the main pipe lines in the United States. pipe lines would reach about twice around the earth. The total mileage of

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