Burton-Humphreys Oil Production Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Amoco Oil Company.
label: Former owner
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
label: Names
content: Burton, William
topic: label: Topic
content: Petroleum -- Prospecting
label: Topic
content: Petroleum industry
label: Topic
content: Oil
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by Amoco Oil Company to the National Museum of American History's (then called the National Museum of History and Technology) Department of Arts and Manufactures, Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries in 1963.
creator: label: Creator
content: Amoco Oil Company.
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content: Burton-Humphreys Oil Production Collection
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Amoco Company scientists William Burton and Robert Humphreys patented the Burton-Humphreys process in 1912. This thermal cracking process doubled the yield of gasoline from crude oil while improving the octane rating. It proved to be of great advantage during World War I, and is credited with avoiding a gasoline shortage.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (3 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1912-1920
custodhist: label: Ownership and Custodial History
content: Transferred from the Division of Work and Industry to the Archives Center in 2007.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1102
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketches
label: Type
content: Photographs
label: Type
content: Notebooks
label: Type
content: Laboratory notebooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Collection is arranged into one series.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketches
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs -- 1910-1920
label: Genre/Form
content: Notebooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Laboratory notebooks
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographs of refineries, flow charts, lab notebooks, and other materials relating to the Burton-Humphreys oil cracking process.