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Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction

Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction

by James Braidwood

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Author
Braidwood, James, 1800-1861
Title
Fire prevention and fire extinction
Credits
Produced by Bryan Ness, Diane Monico, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
TH: Technology: Building construction
Subject
Fire extinction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
26440
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26440
Release Date
August 27, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FIRE PREVENTION — AND — FIRE EXTINCTION. — BY
  2. 2.JAMES BRAIDWOOD, — WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, MEMOIR, AND PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR. — LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET STREET. 1866.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.EDITOR'S PREFACE.
  6. 6.AUTHOR'S PREFACE
  7. 7.JAMES BRAIDWOOD. — A TRUE HERO. — James Braidwood. — Died, June 22nd, 1861. — By the Author of " John Halifax, Gentleman. "
  8. 8.FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES. — FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES. — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.WATER SUPPLY. — PUBLIC FIRE BRIGADES AND THE DUTIES OF FIREMEN. — THE LONDON FIRE BRIGADE. — NORTH SIDE OF RIVER. — OUTLINE OF GENERAL DUTY. — DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENT. — DUTIES OF FOREMAN. — DUTIES OF THE ENGINEER. — DUTIES OF SUB-ENGINEERS. — DUTIES OF THE FIREMAN. — BOOKS KEPT AT THE STATIONS. — THE EDINBURGH FIRE BRIGADE. — I.— General Regulations of the Edinburgh Fire Brigade. — II.— Police. — III. Superintendent of Fire Brigade. — IV.— Head Enginemen. — V.— Firemen. — VI.— High Constables and Commissioners of Police. — VII.— Magistrates, &c. — VIII.— Gas-light Companies. — IX.— Special Regulations for the Firemen. — MEANS OF ESCAPE FROM FIRE. — FIRE-ENGINES. — DESCRIPTION OF TOOLS WITH WHICH EACH ENGINE IS PROVIDED. — FIRE ANNIHILATOR — WATER SUPPLY. — FOOTNOTES:
  10. 10.APPENDIX. — INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. — SPECIAL JURY FOR FIRE-ENGINES. — Report of the Special Committee of Class VIII. on Fire-Engines. — STEAM FIRE-ENGINE COMPETITION, — CRYSTAL PALACE, LONDON, 1863. — LARGE CLASS. — SMALL CLASS. — AWARDS. — METROPOLITAN FIRE BRIGADE. — ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO & VICESIMO NONO — VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. — CAP. XC. — An Act for the Establishment of a Fire Brigade within the Metropolis. [5th July, 1865.] — Transcriber's Notes

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