Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction
by James Braidwood
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About this eBook
- 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.FIRE PREVENTION — AND — FIRE EXTINCTION. — BY
- 2.JAMES BRAIDWOOD, — WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, MEMOIR, AND PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR. — LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET STREET. 1866.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 5.EDITOR'S PREFACE.
- 6.AUTHOR'S PREFACE
- 7.JAMES BRAIDWOOD. — A TRUE HERO. — James Braidwood. — Died, June 22nd, 1861. — By the Author of " John Halifax, Gentleman. "
- 8.FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES. — FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES. — FOOTNOTES:
- 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.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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