Protection From Fire and Thieves

About this eBook

Author

Chubb, George Hayter, 1848-1946

Title

Protection from fire and thieves : Including the construction of locks, safes, strong-rooms, and fireproof buildings; burglary, and the means of preventing it; fire, its detection, prevention, and extinction; etc.

Credits

Produced by deaurider, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TH: Technology: Building construction

Subject

Building, Fireproof

Category

Text

eBook-No.

49704

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49704

Release Date

August 14, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.PROTECTION FROM FIRE AND THIEVES
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. — PROTECTION FROM FIRE AND THIEVES.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. LOCKS, KEYS, ETC.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE ART OF BURGLARY.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. SAFES AGAINST THIEVES.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. SAFES AGAINST FIRE.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. SECOND-HAND SAFES, ETC.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. STRONG-ROOMS.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. FIREPROOF BUILDINGS. — I. General Construction.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. FIREPROOF BUILDINGS. — II. Patent Systems of Construction, and their Application.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. FIRE AND ITS DANGERS. — For Bystanders. — For Inmates. — Accidents to Persons. — Treatment of Injuries.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. EXTINCTION OF FIRE.
15. 15.APPENDIX. — Description of the Plan and Section of Fireproof Warehouse. — Patents for Locks and Safes.
16. 16.LIST OF PATENTS FOR LOCKS AND LATCHES USED AS FASTENINGS FOR DOORS.
17. 17.LIST OF PATENTS FOR SAFES, ETC., AND APPARATUS FOR PROTECTING THE CONTENTS OF THE SAME.
18. 18.FOOTNOTES:

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