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MARC recordThe last American whale-oil company: a history of Nye Lubricants, Inc., 1844-1994 / Ed Parr.
| Title: | The last American whale-oil company: a history of Nye Lubricants, Inc., 1844-1994 / Ed Parr. |
| Author(s): | Parr, Ed. |
| Date: | 1996. |
| Publisher: | Fairhaven, MA: Nye Lubricants |
| Abstract: | History of company founded in 1844 by William F. Nye at New Bedford, Massachusetts. Company formerly best known for spermaceti and whale oil from toothed wahles, now specializes in synthetic lubricants. |
| Keywords: | 639.245.1 -- Whaling industry: American. 061.5 -- Business enterprises: Nye Lubricants. V -- History. |
| Location(s): | SCO: SPRI-SHF: 639.245.1[USA] |
| SPRI record no.: | 137697 |
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