Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction by James Braidwood
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Prevention and Fire Extinction, by James Braidwood
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Title: Fire Prevention and Fire Extinction
Author: James Braidwood
Release Date: August 27, 2008 [EBook #26440]
Language: English
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[Illustration: Jas. Braidwood]
FIRE PREVENTION
AND
FIRE EXTINCTION.
BY
JAMES BRAIDWOOD,
FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF THE LONDON FIRE-BRIGADE, AND ASSOCIATE OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS.
INCLUDING
FIRE-PROOF STRUCTURES, FIRE-PROOF SAFES, PUBLIC FIRE BRIGADES, PRIVATE MEANS FOR SUPPRESSING FIRES, FIRE-ENGINES, FIRE ANNIHILATORS, PORTABLE FIRE-ESCAPES, WATER SUPPLY
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, MEMOIR, AND PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR.
LONDON: BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET STREET. 1866.
[The right of Translation is reserved.]
CONTENTS.
MEMOIR. PAGE
Introductory, Early Fires, Fire Engines, and Fire Brigades 5
Mr. Braidwood's birth and education 7
Great Fire of