Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from 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
It has been, also, frequently stated, through the medium, that the Petroleum and gases from this ground, and their products, would be used for the purpose of illuminating the streets and houses of this city, but as this statement may seem extremely problematical to many, I simply give it as it came, and leave the future to prove or disprove it.
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